News Articles
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Liao wins 5th weightlifting gold for China
by By KARL RITTER - Tue Aug 12 10:32:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) China added to its weightlifting gold rush at the Beijing Olympics Tuesday with Liao Hui winning the men's 69-kilogram category. read more
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Woolfolk and Gump miss US records
by By KARL RITTER - Tue Aug 12 06:46:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Even though Natalie Woolfolk missed a U.S. weightlifting record, she jumped with joy after making her final Olympic lift and pointed with both hands to a burly man in the stands. read more
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North Korea wins 1st weightlifting gold
by By KARL RITTER - Tue Aug 12 06:19:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Pak Hyon Suk won North Korea's first gold medal in Beijing on Tuesday, taking the women's 63-kilogram weightlifting division on the last lift of the competition that equaled the Olympic record. read more
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Roach sets weightlifting records, finishes sixth
Mon Aug 11 15:24:44 -0400 2008
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Chen win's China's 3rd gold in weightlifting
by By KARL RITTER - Mon Aug 11 11:15:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Chen Yanqing easily defended her title in the women's 58-kilogram category Monday, winning China's third weightlifting gold medal and breaking two Olympic records. read more
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Zhang wins China's 4th weightlifting gold medal
Mon Aug 11 09:03:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) China's Zhang Xiangxiang grabbed the weightlifting gold medal in the men's 62-kilogram division Monday, extending the host nation's winning streak in the sport. read more
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South Ossetian weightlifter disturbed by conflict
by By KARL RITTER - Mon Aug 11 04:50:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) With violence raging at home, it's difficult to focus on the Olympics for Arsen Kasabiev, one of two Georgian weightlifters from the breakaway province of South Ossetia. read more
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China's Long wins men's 56 kg weightlifting gold
by By KARL RITTER - Sun Aug 10 10:35:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Seventeen-year-old Long Qingquan won China's second weightlifting gold on Sunday, stunning his opponents in the men's 56-kg category with a junior world record of 292 kgs (643.7 pounds) in his international debut. read more
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Weightlifter Roach scores US record at Olympics
by By KARL RITTER - Sun Aug 10 10:31:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Melanie Roach was planning to quit weightlifting after the Olympics, but after scoring a U.S. record and personal best on Sunday, she's not so sure. read more
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Thailand wins women's 53-kg weightlifting gold
by By KARL RITTER - Sun Aug 10 07:35:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Thai weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon gave a fortune teller part of the credit for her Olympic gold medal on Sunday. read more
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India lifter cleared of doping charge
by By SANDEEP NAKAI - Sun Aug 10 02:50:00 -0400 2008
NEW DELHI (AP) India weightlifter Monika Devi has been cleared of doping charges, but the national Olympic committee says the reprieve has come too late for her to take her place in competition in Beijing. read more
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US has modest ambitions in Olympic weightlifting
by KARL RITTER - Sun Aug 10 01:06:54 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) The U.S. weightlifting team is hoping for at least one medal in the Beijing Olympics, and Melaine Roach has the best shot in the women's 53-kilogram category on Sunday. read more
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US has modest ambitions in Olympic weightlifting
by By KARL RITTER - Sat Aug 09 12:52:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) The U.S. weightlifting team is hoping for at least one medal in the Beijing Olympics, and Melaine Roach has the best shot in the women's 53-kilogram category on Sunday. read more
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Chinese weightlifter faces heavy pressure
by By KARL RITTER - Thu Aug 07 10:56:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) When Chinese weightlifter Chen Xiexia grips the bellbar Saturday, the weights won't be her only burden. read more
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Indian lifter pleads innocent of doping charge
by By SANDEEP NAKAI - Wed Aug 06 09:13:00 -0400 2008
NEW DELHI(AP) Stopped from boarding the flight to Beijing after testing positive for a banned substance, Indian weightlifter Monika Devi on Wednesday said she was innocent. read more
