In the first day of the Weightlifting battles Chen Xiexia from China by lifting 95kg. in Snatch and 117 kg. in Clean & Jerk , 212 kg. In overall gained the first gold medal of 2008 Beijing Olympic for the Asians. China's lifter improved the record for 2 kg in Clean & Jerk and In overall movements in Olympic Competitions in the category of 48kg. China 's Chen adds this Olympic gold medal to her collection of golds from the 2007 World Championships and 2007 Asian championships. Chen Wei ling from Chinese Taipei with 196kg.overall because of having less weight than Korean lifters placed in the third position after Turkish lifters and gained bronze medal. It is said from the six first athletes of this weight, five athletes were from Asia .
While Chen Xiexia set a new Olympic Record, she did not break her own personal best of 214kg in the total, nor any World Records. She still holds the Clean and Jerk World Record of 120kg, and her compatriot Yang Lian has the World Record in the Snatch with 98kg and the total with 217kg.
China now holds 14 of 20 Olympic records in Women's Weightlifting.
Chen Xiexia's gold was the first medal of the 2008 Olympic Weightlifting competition. All Weightlifting events are held in the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium.
09/08/2008
