Weightlifting: Oleksiy Torokhtiy claims 105kg gold
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.
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Weightlifting: Salimi leads Iranian one-two
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.
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Weightlifting: Third gold medal for Kazakhstan
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.
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Rim extends North Korea's golden run
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.
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Weightlifting: Men's gold for China in 69kg
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
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.
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Pulaku fails drugs test
Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has been thrown out of the London 2012 Olympics after failing a drugs test.
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Oksana Slivenko out of weightlifitng
Russian gold medal favourite Oksana Slivenko has been forced to withdraw from the weightlifting competition at the London Olympic Games.
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Guide to weightlifting at the Olympics
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World University Games round-up
Weightlifter Kevin D'Arcy (Robert Gordon University) and Archer John Smith (DIT) celebrated success after breaking five Irish records at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
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OB Sport - 13 June
Highlights of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup in St Gallen, plus reports on weightlifting and orienteering.
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Ukrainian weightlifter tests positive
The International Olympic Committee said on Saturday it had disqualified Ukrainian weightlifter Igor Razoronov after he tested positive for drugs.
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Grief stricken Steiner wins gold
An emotional Matthias Steiner of Germany won the men's +105kg weightlifting gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, 13 months after the tragic death of his wife.
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Aramnau breaks world records to take gold
Belarussian Andrei Aramnau broke a series of world records to win Olympic weightlifting gold after a dramatic heavyweight showdown in the 105kg class on Monday.
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Akkaev impresses in 94kg
Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia put himself in podium contention with the best intermediate result of 402kg in the men's 94kg weightlifting competition at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday.
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Jang takes gold with world record lift
Jang Miran was crowned the strongest woman on the planet on Saturday when she won Olympic gold and broke three world records to give South Korea their second weightlifting title at the Beijing Games.
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IWF boss says no positive tests yet
Doping tests on Olympic weightlifters have failed to turn up any positive results and China's dominance could well be due to talent and preparation, the International Weightlifting Federation chief said Friday.
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Chunhong breaks world record twice
Liu Chunhong of China bettered her own world record in the women's weightlifting 69kg class by hoisting 128kg in the snatch at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.
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Baranyai suffers horror injury
Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai dislocated his elbow while trying to snatch 148kg in the men's 77kg Olympic competition on Wednesday, a sports official said.