Chen Yanqing and Sarah Øvsthus, compared on every result on this site. Chen Yanqing's best total is 244 kg (women's 58 kg, 2008); Sarah Øvsthus's is 188 kg (women's 55 kg, 2022). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Chen Yanqing is ahead by 66.5 points. They never met in the same class.
Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten women lifting in national federation meets sit between 70% and 85%.
World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.
Head to head
Chen Yanqing vs Sarah Øvsthus head to head
Chen Yanqing and Sarah Øvsthus never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 1998 to 2008 for Chen Yanqing and 2013 to 2022 for Sarah Øvsthus, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.
Careers
Chen Yanqing and Sarah Øvsthus, competition by competition
The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.
Chen Yanqing
Sarah Øvsthus