Malaysia Star
Aug 6 2012
China’s Lulu lifts her way to gold with world record
Monday August 6, 2012
CHINA’S Zhou Lulu won the women’s Olympic over-75kg weightlifting gold
with a new world record at the ExCel Arena yesterday.
World champion Zhou set a new record of 333kg, breaking her old mark
from last year’s world championships of 328kg.
She also matched South Korean Jang Mi-Ran’s world marker of 187kg in
the clean and jerk.
And in a stunning competition European champion Tatiana Kashirina of
Russia set a new snatch world record of 151kg as she missed out on
gold by just one kilo. Hripsime Khurshudyan of Armenia claimed bronze
with a total lift of 294kg.
From: Baghdasarian
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