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Men's 105kg Russia's Dmitry BERESTOV, who was runnerup in this year's European Championship to Alan TSAGAEV (BUL) who did not compete in Athens, won the gold in the men's 105kg category. The Ukraine's 34-year-old Igor RAZORONOV, twice a world champion in the 1990s who finished fourth in Sydney, won the silver. The bronze was awarded to another Russian, Gleb PISAREVSKIY who was considered to be very strong in the clean and jerk. Alexandru BRATAN (MDA), who turned 27 on that day, and was placed third in Kiev's European Championships, behind TSAGAEV and BERESTOV, ended fourth. Men's + 105kg In the final event of the competition, Hossein REZA ZADEH (IRI) -the 160kg giant, recognised as the world's strongest man - set new world and Olympic records in the super heavyweight clean and jerk to give Iran its first gold medal of the tournament and his second consecutive gold. Latvia's Viktors SCERBATIHS gave a solid display and was placed second with 455kg, giving his country its first medal in Weightlifting at the Olympic tournament. The 22-year-old Velichko CHOLAKOV (BUL) won the bronze medal with 447,5kg while Ukrainian Gennadiy KRASILNIKOV was placed fourth with 440kg lifted while competing in Group B earlier in the day. German veteran Ronny WELLER, competing in a record fifth Olympic Games, retired with a shoulder injury after his second attempt in snatch. The injury robbed him of the chance of being the first weightlifter to win five consecutive Olympic medals. Armenia's hopes of an Olympic medal in weightlifting vanished when Ashot DANIELYAN failed to finish after missing his three snatch attempts at 200kg. Men's 105kg Gold Silver Bronze 5th 5th 6th 7th 8th Name BERESTOV Dmitry RAZORONOV Igor PISAREVSKIY Gleb BRATAN Alexandru VYSNIAUSKAS Ramunas NANIYEV AIan STEINER Matthias URINOV Alexander Women's 48kg Name Gold TAYLAN Nurcan Silver LI Zhuo Bronze WIRATTHAWORN Aree 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th NOC RUS UKR RUS MDA LTU AZE AUT UZB NOC TUR CHN THA KUNJARANI Namecrakpam IND DRAGNEVA Izabela BUL CHEN Han Tung TPE UDOH Blessed NGR CHOE Un Sim PRK Score 425.0 420.0 415.0 415.0 410.0 410.0 405.0 400.0 Score 210.0 205.0 200.0 190.0 187.5 182.5 180.0 177.5 Women's Events Women's 48kg The 20-year-old Nurcan TAYLAN set a world and Olympic record in the women's flyweight 48kg, and became Turkey's first female Olympic gold medallist. The young Turkish star broke the world record three times - in the snatch with lifts of 95kg and 97,5kg and with a total of 210kg -to grab victory in a thrilling finish from China's Zhuo LI. LI was second lifting 205kg. She missed twice attempting 120kg in the clean and jerk which would have given her the gold medal and the world record. Thailand's Aree WIRATTHAWORN won the bronze medal with a total of 200kg, including a new Olympic record of 115kg in the clean and jerk. Sydney gold medallist Tara CUNNINGHAM (USA) finished well behind in 11th position with a total of 172,5kg. lzabela DRAGNEVA (BUL), who was disqualified in Sydney after finishing first, took fifth place on that night with a total of 187,5kg in what was reported to be her farewell to competitive Weightlifting. Women's 53kg Thailand's Udompom POLSAK became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal for her country in the featherweight 53kg class, sparking off celebrations in the Thai capital Bangkok. Raema Lisa RUMBEWAS, a silver medallist in Sydney in the 48kg class, repeated her victory in the ATHENS 2004 competition, and became the first Indonesian athlete to win a medal in successive Olympic Games. The bronze was awarded to Mabel MOSQUERA (COL), who lifted 197,5kg. Romania's Marioara MUNTEANU, who won the silver in the 2004 European championships, and Nastassia NOVIKAVA (BLR), who won the third place and was also eighth in Sydney, ended fourth and fifth, respectively. Dika TOUA (PNG), who was 10th in Sydney in the 48kg class, and had the honour of being the first female competitor to lift weights in the Olympic Games, improved her position by winning the sixth place. Men's +105kg Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Name REZA ZADEH Hossein SCERBATIHS Viktors CHOLAKOV Velichko KRASILNIKOV Gennadiy KOLOKOLTSEV OIeksiy NAJDEK Pawel HAMMAN Shane AN Yong Kwon Women's 53kg Name Gold POLSAK Udompom Silver RUMBEWAS Raema Lisa Bronze MOSQUERA Mabel 4th MUNTEANU Marioara 5th NOVIKAVA Nastassia 6th TOUA Dika 7th LACHAUME Virginie NOC IRI LAT BUL UKR UKR POL USA KOR NOC THA INA COL ROM BLR PNG FRA Score 472.5 455.0 447.5 440.0 437.5 430.0 430.0 427.5 Score 222.5 210.0 197.5 190.0 190.0 177.5 175.0 Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad 429
430 Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Women's 58kg A close contest was assured in the Women's 58kg class with nine of the 14 competitors having won one or more medals in World Championships. Yanqing CHEN, representing China, the dominant nation in women's weightlifting won the gold. Song Hui RI (PRK), silver medallist in Sydney in the 53kg class, who also has been a world champion three times, won the silver again and confirmed her reputation as the athlete who has never dropped below second place in a major competition. Wandee KAMEAIM (THA) won the bronze. Young Aleksandra KLEJNOWSKA (POL) holder of the European records in clean and jerk and in total, ended fifth, behind Aylin DASDELEN (TUR), one of the strongest European contesters. Alexandra ESCOBAR (ECU), the bestweightlifter in her country, ended seventh, whereas Indonesia's PATMAWATI, who has won three bronze medals in the Vancouver World Championships (2003), was ranked eighth. Women's 63 kg In women's 63kg, the gold was won by Nataliya SKAKUN (UKR), holder of the world record in clean and jerk and world champion last November in Vancouver, whereas Hanna BATSIUSHKA (BLR), another strong competitor and holder of the world record in snatch, rose to the occasion and took the silver The bronze was awarded again to Belarus with Tatsiana STUKALAVA, who lifted 222,5 kg. Women's 69kg Chinese teenager Chunhong LIU rewrote the women's record books with a performance hailed as one of the greatest in the sport. Women's 58kg Name Gold CHEN Yanqing Silver Rl Song Hui Bronze KAMEAIM Wandee 4th DASDELEN Aylin 5th KLEJNOWSKA Aleksandra 6th PAK Hyon Suk 7th ESCOBAR AIexandra 8th PATMAWATI Patmawati Women's 69kg Name Gold LIU Chunhong Silver KRUTZLER Eszter Bronze KASAEVA Zarema 4th RUZHINSKA SIaveyka 5th MASLOVSKA Vanda 6th TRENDAFILOVA Milena 7th YAMECHI Madeleine 8th VALOYES Ubaldina NOC CHN PRK THA TUR POL PRK ECU INA NOC CHN HUN RUS BUL UKR BUL CMR COL Score 237.5 232.5 230.0 225.0 220.0 217.5 215.0 212.5 Score 275.0 262.5 262.5 250.0 245.0 237.5 235.0 232.5 She broke records with each of her five lifts and ended the event holding all six World and Olympic records in the light heavyweight 69kg class for snatch, clean and jerk, and total. As she is only 19, she also holds all three junior World records. Eszter KRUTZLER (HUN) and Zarema KASAEVA (RUS) were awarded with the silver and bronze, respectively. A total of 18 records were broken in the event. Women's 75kg POLSAK's teammate, Pawina THONGSUK followed with victory in the middle heavyweight 75kg class to give the Thai women double gold. The second and third place went to Russia with Natalia ZABOLOTNAIA, a contestant who performs regularly in international competition winning the silver and Valentina POPOVA winning the bronze. Gyongyi LIKERECZ (HUN), who participated in Sydney as a 17-year-old and was placed fifth, and a year later won the world championships in the Turkish city of Antalya, ended fourth. Young Greek star Christina IOANNIDI made her debut in Olympic Games competition, ending fifth, though she had already won medals in European and World Championships. Women's +75kg China's Gonghong TANG, holder of world records for total (302,5kg) and clean and jerk (175kg), took the gold with 305kg, and beat South Korea's Mi Ran JANG (302,5). The bronze was awarded to the 23-year-old Sydney silver medallist, Agata WROBEL (POL). However; the other Sydney medallist, 19-yearold Cheryl HAWORTH (USA) ended sixth. The host nation's athlete Vasiliki KASAPI ended eighth. Women's 63kg Name NOC Score Gold SKAKUN Nataliya UKR 242.5 Silver BATSIUSHKA Hanna BLR 242.5 Bronze STUKALAVA Tatsiana BLR 222.5 4th SASSI Hayet TUN 215.0 5th KIM Soo Kyung KOR 215.0 6th NGUYEN Thi Thiet VIE 205.0 7th LASSOUANI Leila Francoise ALG 200.0 TSAKIRI Anastasia GRE DNF Women's 75kg Name Gold THONGSUK Pawina Silver ZABOLOTNAIA Natalia Bronze POPOVA Valentina 4th LIKERECZ Gyongyi 5th IOANNIDI Christina 6th KHROMOVA Tatyana 7th KIM Soon Hee 8th MEDINA Tulia Angela NOC THA RUS RUS HUN GRE KAZ KOR COL Score 272.5 272.5 265.0 257.5 255.0 252.5 250.0 245.0
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