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Hui comes up trumps
Ap, Beijing
China added to its weightlifting gold rush Tuesday with Liao Hui winning the men's 69-kilogram category.Liao, 20, snatched 158 kg (348.3 pounds) and heaved 190 kg (418.9 pounds) in the clean and jerk for a total of 348 kg (767.2 pounds).Frenchman Vencelas Dabaya-Tientcheu got the silver ahead of European champion Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia.China has now won all five of the weight categories it has participated in so far.Liao, last year's world champion, missed his first snatch at 153 kg (337.3 pound), but got the second. He then took 158 kg (348.3 pounds) in his third lift, leading the contest going into the clean and jerk.He again failed his first attempt, but rebounded by taking 185 kg (407.9 pound) and 190 kg (418.9 pounds) in his following clean and jerks.Dabaya-Tientcheu, who had already clinched the silver, loaded the bar to a massive 197 kg (434.3 pounds), which would have tied the world record. But he quickly realized attempting to lift it was futile.He gripped the bar, felt its weight and walked away, shaking his head.Dabaya-Tientcheu finished with a total of 338 kg (745.2 pounds). Martirosyan achieved the same weight but had to settle for bronze because of a higher body weight than then Frenchman.
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