The competitions of women's 58kg. category followed today , Monday , in the evening and at last Chen Yanqing from China by haltering the weights of 106kg. in Snatch and 138kg. In Clean & Jerk and totally with 244 kg. stood on the first stand and could register 2 new records in Clean & Jerk and total movements on her own name for the Olympic Games. Chen, 29, has become the first strongwoman in the world to successfully defend her Olympic title since Women's Weightlifting entered the Summer Olympics in Sydney 2000. The Russian weightlifter became the second with 227kg. In total movements. And O Jong Ae from DPR Korea with 226 kg. in total but having less weigh in comparison with a Thai weightlifter stood on the third-place and got the bronze medal. Now China has left every day of this Olympic Weightlifting competition with a gold medal, on day one from Chen Xiexia in the Women's 48kg category, and day two from Long Qingquan in the Men's 53kg weight class. In men's 62kg. ZHANG Xiangxiang from China by haltering 143 kg. in Snatch and 176 kg. In Clean & Jerk and totally with 319 kg. owned the gold medal. The Colombian weightlifter became the second and Triyatno from Indonesia with 298 kg. In total owned the bronze medal. The considerable point is that Ji Hunmin from South Korea that by haltering 142 kg. in Snatch was regarded as one of the certain hopes of being medalist in this category , was deprived from achieving medal just by not succeeding in lifting the barbell in the Clean & Jerk movement .
11/08/2008
