North Korean lifts 3 times body weight 北韓選手舉出3倍其體重佳績

North Korean lifts 3 times body weight 
北韓選手舉出3倍其體重佳績
2012-08-01◎魏國金

North Korea’s Om Yun Chol on Sunday joined an exclusive group of weightlifters who have lifted three times their body weight in the clean and jerk.
北韓的溫熙哲週日加入了挺舉舉起自己3倍體重的卓越舉重選手陣營。

According to Om, it was all thanks to the "Great Leader.’’ Om, who stands just 1.52 meters tall, also set an Olympic record when he cleared 168 kilograms in the clean and jerk in the men’s 56-kilogram category--and immediately gave all the credit to late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
根據溫熙哲的說法，這全拜「偉大領導人」之賜。身高僅1.52公尺的他在男子56公斤級挺舉舉出168公斤時，也創下奧運紀錄─他並立即將所有的功勞歸給已故北韓領袖金正日。

Om’s achievement was even more impressive considering he was competing in the "B’’ group with lower-ranked lifters. Medal contenders generally compete in the "A’’ group.
而當考慮到他與排名較低的舉重選手在「B」組較勁時，溫的成就更令人印象深刻。奪牌有望的好手通常在「A」組比賽。

Om’s record lift was also surprising because he was ranked just 11th in the world in 2011 and the best clean and jerk he registered last year was 156 kilograms.
溫破紀錄的一舉也讓人驚奇，因為他在2011年的全球排名僅第11，他去年登記的挺舉最佳紀錄是156公斤。

Om cleared 160 and 165 kilograms on his first two attempts and got the crowd even more riled up when it was announced he would go for the Olympic mark. Om then confidently squatted to grab the bar and, after securing it at his shoulders on the clean, executed a powerful and steady jerk above his head.
溫在頭兩次的試舉中舉了160公斤與165公斤，當他宣布大膽力拚奧運紀錄時，群眾更加激動。然後溫自信的蹲下抓槓，而在確定槓鈴於肩部後，他有力的、穩穩的猛然將槓鈴舉過頭部。

Only a handful of lifters have cleared three times their body weight before, including Halil Mutlu and Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey.（AP）
之前只有少數舉重選手舉起3倍其體重的重量，其中包括土耳其的哈里爾．穆特魯與奈姆．蘇萊曼諾古。（美聯社）

新聞辭典︰

clean and jerk︰指舉重「挺舉」項目；抓舉為「snatch」。clean在此指「高翻」，jerk則指「猛力一推」。

credit︰名詞，功勞、讚揚。例句︰The doctor took entire credit for his patient’s recovery.（醫生把病患的康復完全看作自己的功勞。）

go for︰片語，試圖得到、爭取。例句︰I’ll go for the position if I were you.（如果我是你，我將極力爭取該職位。）