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Aug 6 2012
Zhou sets record to beat Russian
6 Aug 2012, 3:17 am
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Zhou Lulu won gold and set a world record
in the women's super heavyweight Olympic weightlifting competition on
Sunday, coming out on top after a record-breaking head-to-head battle
with Russia's Tatiana Kashirina.
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Zhou Lulu won gold and set a world record
in the women's super heavyweight Olympic weightlifting competition on
Sunday, coming out on top after a record-breaking head-to-head battle
with Russia's Tatiana Kashirina.
In the first of the two lifting rounds Kashirina completed a 151 kg
snatch lift that surpassed her own previous world record for the
over-75 kg category by 3 kg, giving her a 5 kg lead at the halfway
stage.
But Zhou overhauled her with a superior performance in the clean and
jerk, where she lifted an Olympic record 187 kg that also gave her the
world record for the combined total across both styles of lift, with
333 kg.
Kashirina won the silver, just 1 kg behind, while Armenia's Hripsime
Khurshudyan took the bronze with a total of 294 kg.
(Reporting by William James, editing by Mark Trevelyan)
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1678330/Zhou-sets-record-to-beat-Russian
Aug 6 2012
Zhou sets record to beat Russian
6 Aug 2012, 3:17 am
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Zhou Lulu won gold and set a world record
in the women's super heavyweight Olympic weightlifting competition on
Sunday, coming out on top after a record-breaking head-to-head battle
with Russia's Tatiana Kashirina.
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Zhou Lulu won gold and set a world record
in the women's super heavyweight Olympic weightlifting competition on
Sunday, coming out on top after a record-breaking head-to-head battle
with Russia's Tatiana Kashirina.
In the first of the two lifting rounds Kashirina completed a 151 kg
snatch lift that surpassed her own previous world record for the
over-75 kg category by 3 kg, giving her a 5 kg lead at the halfway
stage.
But Zhou overhauled her with a superior performance in the clean and
jerk, where she lifted an Olympic record 187 kg that also gave her the
world record for the combined total across both styles of lift, with
333 kg.
Kashirina won the silver, just 1 kg behind, while Armenia's Hripsime
Khurshudyan took the bronze with a total of 294 kg.
(Reporting by William James, editing by Mark Trevelyan)
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1678330/Zhou-sets-record-to-beat-Russian