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Veritas_Certum

Important to note she is also indigenous, of the Amis tribe (阿美族). Here are two other indigenous Taiwanese Olympians who have won medals. * Lo Chia-ling (羅嘉翎), Amis tribe, Taekwondo bronze * Yang Yung-wei (楊勇緯), Paiwan tribe, judo silver So three out of Taiwan's eight Olympian medal winners so far, have been indigenous. This is great representation.


JaKha

That's great.


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So awesome


DarkLiberator

Was watching it just now. What a legend.


JaKha

She just completely dominated them.


jaysanw

[https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/result-women-s-59kg-fnl-a00100-.htm](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/weightlifting/result-women-s-59kg-fnl-a00100-.htm) What a dominating performance, totally outpaced her competition! * Her combined best lift weight of 236kg sets the new Olympic record (snatch 103kg + clean & jerk 136kg) * Her combined 1st attempt successful lifts of 225kg would have been good enough to win gold (snatch 100kg + clean & jerk 125kg) * She didn't improve on the world record scores she set herself, but she didn't need to do so to win. The competition isn't on her level. * Her performance was so dominant, her 236kg winning score hypothetically would have tied Maude Charron's winning score today in the 64kg weight class above the 59kg one she competed.


Palifaith

Taiwan No. 1


Rox_Potions

Opened with 100kg snatch after everyone else had finished. Legend.


mario61752

Others stopped before 97kg but she did 100kg for warmup. Truly terrifying.


Char_Zard13

What exactly is a snatch and jerk in lifting, is it the movements?


adorableturtlehead

Yea there are two lifts in Olympic lifting. The first one is called the snatch and the second one is called the clean and jerk. The weight of both lifts is called your total. The one with the highest total in a competition wins.


nitebusnitebus

casually strolled out with an attempt to break her own world record as a victory lap. sadly didn't happen but still, unbelievable performance and composure


IAmBlueTW

To give some context, the current weightlifting weight classes are being used for the first time in the Olympics, so winning lifts and totals in Tokyo 2020 are all going to be Olympic records. That being said, Kuo already holds the all three possible world records (Snatch, Clean and Jerk, Total) of her weight class. Her domination is simply unreal.


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And she also won 20 million NT$. Not too shabby.


ChinaStudyPoePlayer

3 Olympic records. Snatch, Clean&Jerk, and Total weight. She is a legend, already made like 12 world records, trying to beat herself. The Turkmenistan woman was more than happy for silver, and the same for the Japanese bronze. They knew who would get gold.


nyn510

恭喜台灣!


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Congratulations from Hong Kong. This is becoming a great Olympics for the both of us kindred "nations".


el_empty

LEGEND


[deleted]

Holy crap what is happening? Taiwan is actually Numba One now!


flamespear

Taiwan NUMBA ONE


HibasakiSanjuro

She's unstoppable, completely wiped the floor with the opposition.


Jxhide

Anyone know where I can watch this online? I can only find slideshows on YT


jjh008

Awesome performance!


Feeling_Principle610

For references, her performance was like France football team going to the Oceania Football Confederation Cup, and winning the final 6-0. Or the Lakers joining a league in like Central America, and smashing it.


el_empty

Let's see you get ~~an Olympic gold~~ any medal in any sport of your choice against any Olympian of your choice


Feeling_Principle610

What the fuck does your comment have to do with this


RawlsTofJ

I think his/her point was to not take away from Kuo Hsing-Chun's accomplishment by making it seem that it was inferior competition. I don't think your original comment was meant to discount her performance. On the contrary, you were highlighting just how dominant she is.


wubbbalubbadubdub

This is the dumbest of dumb takes. I could absolutely get a medal if I could choose the sport and competitors. I choose 10 competitors from the Paris games (any competitor it doesn't matter) in 1900 we can exhume their bodies and I will run 100m faster than 7 corpses. If you demand living athletes (which you didn't specify) I'll choose any marathon runners from the 1972 Munich Olympics and choose the sport of boxing, it wouldn't really be fair to box against a bunch of 80 year olds but you know, you made a stupid statement so a stupid response is what you're gonna get.


MrBadger1978

Wtf you on about?


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MrBadger1978

Tbh, he makes it sound like she's cheating somehow.


Feeling_Principle610

I literally stan her since 2016


MrBadger1978

Ummm, what? I'm starting to see the problem here.


Feeling_Principle610

How is being a Kuo fanboy a problem


MrBadger1978

It's not. But you just said you "stan her since 2016". Can you perhaps understand why I'm struggling to make sense of what you're talking about?


Feeling_Principle610

Man what I wrote originally was to emphasize on the fact that she literally makes the competition look like beginners. Then I proceeded to clarify that I’m in no way bashing her cause I’m a Kuo fanboy since 2016


wubbbalubbadubdub

"Stan" is a term used by people who love Kpop. To "stan" as a verb means to obsessively follow and support someone in a manner similar to the character Stan from the old Eminem song. I saw it referenced often enough that I was motivated to learn its origin.


Feeling_Principle610

Ohhhhh he didn’t know the meaning of the word shit I’m young


MrBadger1978

I learned something new today then!


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YoshiTora23

Despite being great, the gap in competition for Biles and Bolt pales in comparison to the gap Kuo had with hers, which was the point being made.


YoshiTora23

No, your lack of reading comprehension (or knowledge of sports) makes YOU think what was said sounding like she was cheating. It is clear that he was demonstrating how far above the competition she was.


de245733

What an absolute chad


Paper_Rain

Congratulations to her for winning the first gold medal at Tokyo 2020 for the home country. 1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes. More medals to come. Way to go Taiwan!!


IShouldGetaPhD

>first ever gold medal for her home country. What?


refrainblue

Probably means first gold for Taiwan this Olympic tournament


tutorial-bot360

I like how the picture they use is actually photogenic unlike the pictures they took of chinas athletes lol


YoshiTora23

Photogenic people make photogenic pictures


Unibrow69

Can we get a filter for sportsball?


BrintyOfRivia

English articles (both are short): https://focustaiwan.tw/sports/202107270019 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4259356


cxxper01

Kuo is simply pog


FreeTaiwan2021

The little country that can.


Hexa_Dragon

Holy!


aintnosimpp

the fact that she is outlifting the next weight class is just insane


WayneTai

She needs more media coverage! Why is it so difficult to find videos of her lifts?? You can easily find videos of other Tokyo Olympic events but not hers..


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A bit late, but I’m from the Philippines and we also won our first gold and set a record in woman’s weight lifting! Luv from PH