By Brian Oliver at Rioceentro, Rio de Janeiro Even Chinese journalists and American spectators shed a tear when Oscar Figueroa, a 33-year-old Colombian who practises meditation, broke down on the stage after winning the 62kg gold medal at Riocentro. He did not stop crying for five minutes. Hundreds of noisy Colombians cheered, cried, and sang […]
I am full of emotions after 22 years of lifting weights. It is true that I have been lifting all of the weight of Colombia, all of my country is happy.
I am very happy. I never thought I could do it. This is my first time at the Olympics, so I am very happy to win a gold medal and bring it back to Thailand.
By Brian Oliver at Riocentro, Rio de Janeiro Thailand’s women and the tearful Colombian Oscar Figueroa were the heroes of an emotional, exciting third day of competition at the Riocentro arena. Figueroa, cheered on by hundreds of noisy fans, won 62kg gold in the evening ahead of Indonesia’s Eko Yuli Irawan and Kazakhstan’s Farkhad Kharki. […]
By Brian Oliver at Riocentre, Rio de Janeiro China suffered a rare failure in the women’s 53kg but more than made up for it when Long Qingquan broke the oldest total world record in weightlifting to beat PRK’s Om Yun-Chol in a sensational night session at Riocentro. A noisy crowd jumped and cheered as Om […]