News Articles
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Nauru lifter misses medals, aims for 2012
by By KARL RITTER - Tue Aug 19 06:38:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Nauru will have to wait four more years for an Olympic medal. read more
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Aramnau wins weightlifting gold, breaks 3 records
by By KARL RITTER - Mon Aug 18 12:09:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) World champion Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke three heavyweight world records Monday to win his country's first Olympic gold in weightlifting. read more
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Bulked-up Steiner competes for strongman title
by By KARL RITTER - Mon Aug 18 07:35:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Four years older and 40 kilograms (88 pounds) bulkier, Germany's Matthias Steiner enters his second Olympics craving the adrenaline rush of competing for the heaviest title in weightlifting. read more
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Ilin wins weightlifting gold for Kazakhstan
by By KARL RITTER - Sun Aug 17 09:48:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Ilya Ilin won Kazakhstan's first weightlifting gold medal in the Beijing Olympics, edging his opponents in a close contest Sunday for the men's 94-kilogram title. read more
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Weightlifting: Cries, tears and twisted elbows
by By KARL RITTER - Sun Aug 17 06:48:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Michaela Breeze's tormented face as she braved a back injury to lift 100 kilogram (220.5 pounds) was a study in pain. read more
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Haworth places disappointing 6th in weightlifting
by By KARL RITTER - Sat Aug 16 11:51:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Cheryl Haworth finished a disappointing sixth in the women's super heavyweight division Saturday, leaving the U.S. without weightlifting medals for the second Olympics in a row. read more
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South Korea's Jang wins weightlifting gold
by By KARL RITTER - Sat Aug 16 11:00:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Super heavyweight Jang Mi-ran set three world records Saturday to claim South Korea's second weightlifting gold in Beijing and the unofficial title of the world's strongest woman. read more
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Farris sets 2 US records in weightlifting
by By KARL RITTER - Fri Aug 15 10:23:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Weightlifter Kendrick Farris set two U.S. records in the men's 85-kilogram division on Friday, but had to settle for eighth place. read more
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Lu wins China's 8th weightlifting gold
by By KARL RITTER - Fri Aug 15 10:01:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Lu Yong won China's eighth weightlifting gold medal Friday, tying the world record set moments earlier by the silver medalist but grabbing the title because of a lower body weight. read more
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Cao win's China's 7th weightlifting gold
Fri Aug 15 05:39:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Cao Lei won China's seventh weightlifting gold medal and smashed three Olympic records Friday in the women's 75-kilogram division. read more
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Weightlifting boss blasts anti-doping chief
Thu Aug 14 04:07:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) The International Weightlifting Federation has criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency's leader for suggesting weightlifting be dropped from future Olympics if it doesn't crack down on doping. read more
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South Korea's Sa wins weightlifting gold
Wed Aug 13 10:40:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Sa Jae-hyouk of South Korea stopped China's gold rush in weightlifting by edging home crowd favorite Li Hongli to win the men's 77-kilogram division. read more
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India institutes probe into doping controversy
Wed Aug 13 08:12:00 -0400 2008
NEW DELHI (AP) India's sports ministry has set up an investigation into how weightlifter Monika Devi was deprived of her Olympic berth by a doping accusation that was soon revoked. read more
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China's Liu breaks weightlifting records
Wed Aug 13 05:09:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Liu Chunhong broke three world records in the women's 69-kilogram division, defending her Olympic title to win China's sixth gold medal in the weightlifting competition. read more
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Hungarian lifter hospitalized with elbow injury
Wed Aug 13 01:49:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai was taken to a hospital Wednesday after dislocating his right elbow during a lift in the men's 77-kilogram division. read more
