Hong Kong’s Susanna Lin won gold at the 2022 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship on Friday.

Susanna Lin
Susanna Lin. Photo: Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship, via YouTube screenshot.

Over 600 athletes from 29 Asian countries are competing in the championships in the United Arab Emirates. It comprises of three powerlifting categories – bench press, squat and dead-lifting.

Susanna Lin
Susanna Lin. Photo: Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship, via YouTube screenshot.

Lin won in the under 47kg Masters 2 category. Kazakhstan and Iran also won first place in their respective categories on Friday, the first day of the series.

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Tom is the editor-in-chief and founder of Hong Kong Free Press. He has a BA in Communications and New Media from Leeds University and an MA in Journalism from the University of Hong Kong. He has contributed to the BBC, Euronews, Al-Jazeera and others.