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Li Yan vs Wang Ling Chen
Li Yan and Wang Ling Chen, compared on every result on this site. Li Yan's best total is 324 kg (women's +87 kg, 2024); Wang Ling Chen's is 266 kg (women's +87 kg, 2024). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Li Yan is ahead by 53.2 points. They met three times in the same class: Li Yan finished ahead every time.
Li Yan and Wang Ling Chen side by side
Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.
| Figure |  Li Yan |
Wang Ling Chen |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | China | Not listed |
| Born | 2004 | Not listed |
| Competitions | 8, 2012 to 2026 | 13, 2019 to 2026 |
| Olympic medals | None | None |
| World Championships medals | 1 gold | None |
| Best snatch | 149 kg | 118 kg |
| Best clean and jerk | 178 kg | 150 kg |
| Best total | 324 kg (women's +87 kg, 2024) | 266 kg (women's +87 kg, 2024) |
| Best Sinclair score | 329.9 | 276.7 |
| Best total, place in its class | 4th of 187 in the women's +87 kg | 29th of 187 in the women's +87 kg |
| Snatch attempts made | 75% (18 of 24) | 59% (23 of 39) |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | 70% (16 of 23) | 67% (26 of 39) |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 85% | 80% |
| World records held now | snatch 145 kg (+86 kg) | None |
How to read these figures
- 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.
Li Yan vs Wang Ling Chen head to head
Every competition where both were entered in the same class, newest first. Each lifter's column gives the total in kilograms and the place in the class. "No lifts" means an entry without an attempt; "No total" means the results record no total, most often after three misses in one lift. Only meets where both posted a total count toward who finished ahead: the higher total, or on equal totals the published places, which went to the lighter lifter until 2017 and to the one who made the total first since.
| Competition | Li Yan | Wang Ling Chen |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Asian Championships 10 May 2026+86 kgAhead: Li Yan | 323place 1 | 260place 4 |
| 2025 Asian Championships 9 May 2025+87 kgAhead: Li Yan | 310place 1 | 252place 5 |
| 2024 World Weightlifting Championships 6 Dec 2024+87 kgAhead: Li Yan | 324place 1 | 264place 5 |
Li Yan and Wang Ling Chen, 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.
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