2012 London Olympics – Weightlifting: Kazakh Zulfiya Chinshanlo Takes Gold, World Record
|Kazakhstan’s teenage prodigy Zulfiya Chinshanlo powered her way to weightlifting gold in the 53kg category on Sunday, breaking her own world record in the clean and jerk.
The 19-year-old posted a snatch of 95kg before making history with 131kg in the clean and jerk, one kilogram more than her effort at last year’s world championships.
The total of 226kg gave a six kilo winning margin ahead of Hsu Shu-Ching of Chinese Taipei, who took the silver, and Moldova’s Cristina Iovu.
Hsu was awarded the silver over Iovu due to a lesser bodyweight.
China’s 17-year-old prodigy Zhou Jun, one of the favorites for gold, was a surprise early casualty, failing to snatch 95kg after being entered by Chinese officials in the weaker “b” group.
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