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Records tumble as Jang takes gold

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Super heavyweight Jang Miran broke three world records to claim South Korea's second Olympic weightlifting gold in Beijing on Saturday.

The 24-year-old snatched 140kg and then set another record with 186kg in the clean and jerk. Her combined efforts beat the previous overall best by 7kg.

Ukraine's European champion Olha Korobka won silver with Kazakhstan's Mariya Grabovetskaya bronze.

China's Mu Shuangshuang, Jang's main rival, was missing from the event.

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Countries can only enter a maximum of four of the seven women's categories and the Chinese prioritised weight classes in which they were more certain to win.


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RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTOTAL
1also show each event results forChina8109
Men's 56kg100
Men's 62kg100
Men's 69kg100
Men's 77kg010
Men's 85kg100
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Women's 58kg100
Women's 69kg100
Women's 75kg100
2also show each event results forSouth Korea2103
Men's 77kg100
Women's +75kg100
Women's 53kg010
3also show each event results forKazakhstan1214
Men's 94kg100
Women's +75kg001
Women's 63kg010
Women's 75kg010
4also show each event results forBelarus1113
Men's 105kg100
Men's 85kg010
Women's 53kg001
5also show each event results forDPR Korea1012
Women's 58kg001
Women's 63kg100
6also show each event results forGermany1001
Men's +105kg100
7also show each event results forThailand1001
Women's 53kg100
8also show each event results forRussia0437
Men's +105kg010
Men's 105kg011
Men's 94kg001
Women's 58kg010
Women's 69kg010
Women's 75kg001
9also show each event results forUkraine0112
Women's +75kg010
Women's 69kg001
10also show each event results forColombia0101
Men's 62kg010
11also show each event results forFrance0101
Men's 69kg010
12also show each event results forPoland0101
Men's 94kg010
13also show each event results forTurkey0101
Women's 48kg010
14also show each event results forVietnam0101
Men's 56kg010
15also show each event results forArmenia0033
Men's 69kg001
Men's 77kg001
Men's 85kg001
16also show each event results forChinese Taipei0022
Women's 48kg001
Women's 63kg001
17also show each event results forIndonesia0022
Men's 56kg001
Men's 62kg001
18also show each event results forLatvia0011
Men's +105kg001

see also
Olympics blog
07 Aug 08 |  Olympics
Beijing 2008
14 Feb 08 |  Olympics
Michaela Breeze's weightlifting guide
21 Apr 08 |  Weightlifting
Liu breaks weightlifting record
13 Aug 08 |  Weightlifting
Chen defends weightlifting title
11 Aug 08 |  Weightlifting


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