Lifter's world mark comes up short<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Despite setting a new world junior record, Thai
\nlifter Parksupho Ahinya still finished in second place yesterday.<\/p>\n
She lifted 117.5 kg in the 64 kg clean and jerk, 10.0 kg more than
\nRussian Svetlana Habirova in the 1996 World Weight Lifting
\nChampionship in Warsaw.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Sriyani had snatched 77.5 kg for the first record on
\nSunday.<\/p>\n
Ahinya, compatriot Thongsuk Pawina and Indonesia's male lifter
\nI Nyoman Sudarma also set five Games records yesterday in 64 kg, 70 kg
\nand 83 kg respectively.<\/p>\n
But Ahinya's total of 207.5 kg was 5.0 kg less than Sriyani.<\/p>\n
Ahinya criticized the local spectators for jeering the Thai lifters
\nwhen they took the stage.<\/p>\n
\"If the spectators were not making too much noise and if the
\nelectricity had not broken down, I would have made my third effort in
\nthe clean and jerk to lift 122.5 kgs,\" she told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
A blackout lasting 15 minutes meant the clean and jerk category and
\nmedal ceremony were conducted in dim light.<\/p>\n
Sriyani blamed the power outage for her failure to lift 120.0 kg on
\nher final two attempts in clean and jerk.<\/p>\n
\"It was so dark I could hardly see my feet. I mean, I couldn't
\ngauge the distance between my two legs in the dark,\" she told the
\nPost.<\/p>\n
Indonesian coach Imron Rosadi said the glare of photographers'
\nflashbulbs in the dark was distracting and harmful to the lifters'
\neyes.<\/p>\n
Despite the outage, Sriyani said: \"Ahinya broke the record, but I
\ngot the gold\".<\/p>\n
In the women's 70 kg category, Thailand's Pawina broke the
\nGames record with a 100.0 kg snatch lift, 2.5 kg more than
\nIndonesia's Ami Asun Budiono's score in Chiang Mai. Her total of 220.0
\nkg was sufficient for gold.<\/p>\n
Budiono was second, followed by Vietnam's Hoang Thi Kim.<\/p>\n
Sudarma won the gold and set a Games record in his division with a
\ntotal score of 322.5 kg (145.0 kg snatch, 177.5 kg clean and jerk).<\/p>\n
\"I'm not very happy, I should have done better,\" he said.<\/p>\n
In the men's 76 kg, Vietnam's Nguyen Thanh came out on top with
\n135.0 kg in the snatch and 172.5 kgs in the clean and jerk for a total
\n307.5 kg. Indonesia's Sutrisno was second and Thailand's Moonmongkol
\nChaleampol third. (cst)<\/p>",
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