Li Dayin (; born 12 February 1998) is a Chinese

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, World Champion and Asian Champion currently competing in the 89 kg division. He has set three world records and holds the snatch

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in the 81 kg division, as well as the snatch and total senior world record in the 89 kg division. He won the gold medal in the men's 81kg event at the

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held in Bogotá, Colombia.

Career

World Championships

In 2018 the

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updated the weight classes, and he competed in the newly created 81 kg division as the 2018 World Championships. The 81 kg competition saw 5

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set and 11 junior world records set. In the snatch portion Li set two junior world records and was in third place after

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and Mohamed Ihab exchanged world record lifts. In the clean & jerk portion of the competition he exchanged junior world records with Harrison Maurus, his final gold medal winning lift of 204 kg secured him the bronze medal in the total and junior world records in all lifts.

Other Competitions

He competed at the 2019 IWF World Cup (a qualifying event for the

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) held in

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. He swept gold and set a new

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in the total with 375 kg.

Major results

*CWR: Current world record *WR: World record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Dayin 1998 births Living people Chinese male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists 21st-century Chinese sportsmen Weightlifters at the 2022 Asian Games