Song Young-hwan Finishes 4th in Men's Over-110kg; South Korean Weightlifting Wraps Up Campaign With One Silver

South Korean men's super-heavyweight weightlifter Song Young-hwan (Hongcheon County Office) has finished his Asian Games campaign in fourth place.

Competing in the men's over-110kg weightlifting event at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Fukiage Hall in Nagoya, Japan, on the 29th, Song lifted 180kg in the snatch and 234kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 414kg.

Song edged out fifth-place Tung Bing-cheng of Taiwan (total 413kg) by just a 1kg margin.

The battle for the gold medal in this weight class unfolded as an all-time classic.

Iran's Ali Davoudi secured a dramatic comeback victory by recording 206kg in the snatch, 260kg in the clean and jerk, and a total of 466kg.

Davoudi had started the competition trailing Iraq's Ali Ammar Yusur Rubaiawi by a massive 13kg after Rubaiawi lifted 219kg in the snatch.

However, by successfully lifting 260kg in his strongest event, the clean and jerk, he overtook Rubaiawi (total 465kg)—who managed only 246kg in the clean and jerk—by a mere 1kg to capture the gold medal.

The bronze medal went to Gor Minasyan of Bahrain, who lifted 205kg in the snatch and 235kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 440kg.

With this event, all weightlifting competitions at this year's Games have concluded.

South Korean weightlifting finished with its lowest-ever medal count at an Asian Games, with only Park Hye-jeong (Goyang City Hall) winning a silver medal in the women's over-86kg category.
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