Weightlifting-Chinese young gun Luo claims women's 59kg gold medal
Taiwan
PARIS :Chinese young gun Luo Shifang won the 59kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 241kg, setting Olympic records in the snatch and clean and jerk. In a classic battle of youth against experience, 23-year-old Luo came out on top against Canada's Maude Charron and Taiwan's defending champion Kuo Hsing-Chun. Charron, the 31-year-old who won the 64kg title in Tokyo three years ago but had to move down after the class was removed from the Olympic programme,
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