Weightlifting: China's Lin Qinfeng Lifts 69kg Gold

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Lin Qingfeng dominated the men's 69kg competition on Tuesday to win China's third weightlifting gold of the London Olympics.

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Lin Qingfeng dominated the men's 69kg competition on Tuesday to win China's third weightlifting gold of the London Olympics.

Lin snatched 157kg and added 187kg in the clean and jerk to total 344kg, a full 11 kilos more than silver medalist Triyatno of Indonesia.

"The medal feels really heavy, but it feels good. It is worth all the hard work and training I did. I have been dreaming about this for two years," Lin said.

"It was about revenge for the two golds we missed out on in the lower divisions."

Romania's Razvan Constantin Martin was just one kilo behind Triyatno with 332kg for bronze.

"I am very happy. I didn't expect to get silver as my target was bronze, like in 2008," Triyatno said.

"I had already lifted enough for the bronze medal when the Korean failed. My coach then suggested that I add another disc to make it 188kg. He said I had to lift it to get silver."

It was a third gold for China in the sport.

Four-time world champion Mingjuan Wang won gold in the women's 48kg category on Saturday, and her countrywoman Li Xueying triumphed in the 58kg category on Monday, setting two Olympic records.

 

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