Women's Competitions in 53kg. category in group A were begun in the Beijing's Weightlifting Gymnasium at 15:30 in local time within which Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon from Thailand achieved the gold medal by lifting 95kg. in Snatch and 126 kg. in Clean and Jerk and 221kg. in total . After him Yoon Jinhee from South Korea with 213 kg. in total and because of having less weight than a Belarus lifter stood in the second place and got a silver medal. It is remarkable that the Thai Champion in this category, by haltering 126 kg. in Clean& Jerk movement could improve one kilogram the record of Olympic Competitions. Thailand's Udomporn Polsak was the champion of this weight class four years ago. Jaroenrattanatarakoon not only retained this title, but also claimed the first gold medal for her country in this year's Olympics .
In the men's section in 56kg.category Long Qingquan from China , by haltering 132 kg. In Snatch and 160kg. in Clean & Jerk and 292kg. in total movements became a champion . At the same time, this seven years old weightlifter, improved one kilogram the record of the World Youth in the Snatch and five kilogram the record of the World Youth in total movements in this category . After the Chinese lifter Hoang Anh Tuan from Vietnam with 290 kg. in total and Irawan Eko Yuli from Indonesia with 288 in total owned the silver and bronze medals . Then up to now, the Asian men and women owned five medals in the second day of the 2008 Beijing Olympic games .
10/08/2008
