The women's 61 kg
powerlifting
Powerlifting is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: Squat (exercise), squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athle ...
event at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
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was contested on 11 September at
Riocentro Pavilion 2.
Lin Ya-hsuan, representing
Chinese Taipei
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Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...
competed in
the Games for the fourth consecutive time. The best outcome out of three attempts counted as the final results. The athlete who placed first in each event was allowed a fourth attempt to break the
Paralympic or world record.
Records
There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the
2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows.
Results
References
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