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Olympics: Li Wenwen secures fifth weightlifting gold for China
China’s Li Wenwen clinched gold in the women’s heavyweight weightlifting competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, delivering a commanding…
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Li Fabin defends Olympic weightlifting title
PARIS – China’s Li Fabin successfully defended his Olympic 61-kilogram weightlifting title on Wednesday, securing the first gold medal of…
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Qatar’s Ibrahim wins silver medal at World Weightlifting Championships
DOHA: Qatar’s Olympic gold medallist Fares Ibrahim won a silver medal at the World Weightlifting Championships in Uzbek capital Tashkent…
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Biles set for Olympic return, transgender weightlifter makes history
Tokyo, Japan: US gymnastics star Simone Biles is due to make a dramatic return to Olympics action after her well-publicised struggles…
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Fares Ibrahim wins Qatar’s first ever Olympic gold
Weightlifter Fares Ibrahim El-Bakh shattered two Games records in Tokyo as he became Qatar’s first Olympic champion in history on…
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Cameroon refugee achieves Olympic dream after UK ordeal
London: Cyrille Tchatchet II is preparing to make history at the Tokyo Olympics — seven years after finding himself homeless…
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Weightlifter Diaz wins first ever Olympic gold for Philippines
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history on Monday when she became the first athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic…
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‘Flamingo’ Li hoists China’s second weightlifting gold
Li Fabin made it two out of two weightlifting golds for China in Tokyo on Sunday as he saw off…
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India’s Olympic hero Mirabai says Tokyo silver built on Rio failure
India’s Olympic weightlifting hero Chanu Saikhom Mirabai said her silver medal at Tokyo 2020 had been five years in the…
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New Zealand weightlifter selected as first transgender Olympian
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was selected as the first transgender Olympic athlete Monday after Kiwi officials made…
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