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Weightlifting: Salimi leads Iranian one-two

Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012 20:58 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

Behdad Salimi added the Olympic crown to his reigning world and Asian titles as he triumphed in the men's +105kg and brought the curtain down on weightlifting at the 2012 Games.
Weightlifting: Oleksiy Torokhtiy claims 105kg gold

Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012 09:57 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

A last-minute back injury that required emergency surgery cost weightlifter Khadzhimurat Akkaev an Olympic gold medal and a clean sweep of world records, the Russian said on Monday.
Weightlifting: Third gold medal for Kazakhstan

Friday, 03 Aug 2012 21:28 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

Svetlana Podobedova won Kazakhstan's third weightlifting gold of the London Olympics after an epic battle with Russia's Natalya Zabolotnaya in a head-to-head so close that the medals were decided by the athletes' bodyweight.
Rim extends North Korea's golden run

Wednesday, 01 Aug 2012 20:59 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

Rim Jong Sim triumphed from a nailbiting women's 69kg to take North Korea's weightlifting gold medal count to three at the 2012 Olympic Games and continue the nation's remarkable surprise performance.
Weightlifting: Men's gold for China in 69kg

Tuesday, 31 Jul 2012 21:35 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

Lin Qingfeng went some way to restoring China's reputation as a weightlifting superpower after taking Olympic gold in the men's 69kg tonight.

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Weightlifting: Wang wins Olympic gold

Monday, 30 Jul 2012 11:35 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

China's Wang Mingjuan has spoken of her joy after taking gold in the women's 48kg category - the first in weightlifting at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Pulaku fails drugs test

Sunday, 29 Jul 2012 00:59 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has been thrown out of the London 2012 Olympics after failing a drugs test.
Oksana Slivenko out of weightlifitng

Saturday, 28 Jul 2012 12:04 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

Russian gold medal favourite Oksana Slivenko has been forced to withdraw from the weightlifting competition at the London Olympic Games.
Guide to weightlifting at the Olympics

Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012 17:48 | Sport, Olympics, Weightlifting

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Country				Total
USA	46	28	29	103
China	38	28	23	89
Great Britain	29	17	19	65
Russia	25	25	32	82
South Korea	13	8	7	28
Ireland	1	1	3	5

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Updated: Aug. 7, 2012, 8:58 p.m.

Weightlifting: Salimi leads Iranian one-two

Weightlifting: Oleksiy Torokhtiy claims 105kg gold

Weightlifting: Third gold medal for Kazakhstan

Rim extends North Korea's golden run

Weightlifting: Men's gold for China in 69kg

Weightlifting: Wang wins Olympic gold

Pulaku fails drugs test

Oksana Slivenko out of weightlifitng

Guide to weightlifting at the Olympics

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