{"id":4853,"date":"2025-10-19T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:01:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:01:17","slug":"china-shine-in-team-events-top-medals-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/china-shine-in-team-events-top-medals-table\/","title":{"rendered":"China shine in team events, top medals table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>China clinched gold medals in men\u2019s and mixed team events and topped the medals standings as the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships concluded at the New Capital City Hall on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the first time the World Championships were hosted in Egypt and in Africa. As many as 537 athletes from 70 nations, including all Paralympic champions from the Paris 2024 Games, competed in Cairo marking the beginning of the qualification pathway for the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, in the Elite medals table, China finished on top with 13 medals that had eight gold medals followed by Nigeria and Iran with three and two gold medals, respectively. Hosts Egypt also shone on the podium twice in their overall five medals to sign off in fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After winning a close thrilling tie against Iraq in the head-to-head encounter, China men \u2013 comprising Paralympic medallists Yang Jinglang, Qi Yongkai and newcomer Zhang Pingkang &#8211; defeated Cuba 391.81- 140.48. Yongkai and Jinglang produced powerful lifts of 180 kh and 170 kg, respectively. For Cuba, only Pablo Ramirez Barrientos, the Paris 2024 Paralympic silver medallist, managed a successful lift of 181 kg in the first round.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Para Powerlifting | Men&#039;s Team Event | Day 8 | World Championships | Cairo 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCetilY00-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An elated Qi Yongkai, who won bronze in the men&#8217;s up to 59 kg individual event, said: \u201cI like this game format because we play head-to-head. It\u2019s more exciting since we don\u2019t know the result until the very end. This win is for the team \u2014 I\u2019m happy to be part of it, to work together, and to celebrate together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pingkang, who impressed with a silver medal finish in his debut in men&#8217;s up to 72 kg, said he felt the pressure. \u201cI\u2019m happy to have contributed to the team\u2019s victory \u2014 winning gold after my individual silver. There was some pressure, as I didn\u2019t want the team to lose because of me. The camaraderie within the Chinese team is truly amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the mixed team final, Jinglang combined with Gu Xiaofei to put up a powerful show lifting 167 kg and 175 kg, respectively as China thrashed Uzbekistan by 367.76 \u2013 104.07 points. Uzbekistan players managed just one successful lift out of three with Muslima Nuriddinova lifting 121 kg in second round. Egypt, comprising home favourite Rehab Ahmed, claimed their third bronze in the day, this time beating Brazil.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Para Powerlifting | Mixed Team Event | Day 8 | World Championships | Cairo 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GcBUOm6DWUU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brazil women\u2019s team including reigning Paralympic champions Mariana D\u2019Andrea and Tayana Madeiros made sure the team return home with a gold medal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After settling for silver medals&nbsp;in their individual events, the Brazilian Paralympic stars came together to put up strong show and beat Uzbekistan by 312.94-214.03 points. Egypt took yet another bronze beating Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trailing 211.93-214.03 points after two rounds, Uzbekistan\u2019s Rukhshona Uktamova faltered in the final lift of 125 kg only as Madeiros successfully lifted 127 kg to win the gold medal match. Earlier, D\u2019\u00c1ndrea had lifted the heaviest weight in the women\u2019s team finals \u2013 135 kg in the opening round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very happy. Last World Championships, it was very difficult for me with the loss of my father. I had to leave, and the team needed to put other girls to replace me and today we are here with the gold medal. I am happy to be part of this important moment for the team and like all the medals, this one is for my dad,\u201d said an elated D\u2019\u00c1ndrea as Madeiros and Lara joined her saying that it was an important moment for&nbsp;the team and they went all out to grab first gold medal for the team in the championships.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Para Powerlifting | Women&#039;s Team Event | Day 8 | World Championships | Cairo 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j0Wg1GxjWbU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China clinched gold medals in men\u2019s and mixed team events and topped the medals standings as the Cairo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-4853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-powerlifting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed.jpg",1200,800,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed.jpg",1200,800,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed.jpg",1200,800,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/China-para-powerlifting_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4853\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}