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There was no stress. I just tried really hard. I was really overwhelmed with happiness that I won this gold medal so I can send this honour to my Leader.

I wasn't thinking I was going to win. Sometimes the weights change and sometimes the bodies change. If I have more time in the future I will set more Olympic records and more world records.

By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro Kianoush Rostami broke his own world record, Iran and PRK won their first gold medals of the Games, a Romanian had a six-out-of-six bronze, and Lidia Valentin finally got her chance to stand on the Olympic podium on an exciting day of action at Riocentro. Rostami won […]

By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro Kazakhstan had one gold, one silver and one world record. China had one gold, one silver and one world record. But the stars of day five of weightlifting at Riocentro were the nation who finished third in both events, Egypt. For the first time since the 1948 […]

By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro China’s Deng Wei broke two world records in five lifts on her way torecording the easiest win to date at the Rio Olympic Games in the women’s63kg. A few hours later the impressive Shi Zhiyong won the men’s 69kg tomake it a double and take China to the top of the weightlifting medalstable. There was also a first Olympic weightlifting medal for Kyrgyzstan, a firstfailure for Thailand’s women’s team, and more disappointment for PR Korea. Deng Wei won with a lift to spare. She beat her own clean & jerk worldrecord by 1kg with 147kg on her second attempt. That took her to a total of262kg, which was 1kg better than the...