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to have lost the final round ©Getty ImagesRuslan Nurudonov claimed Uzbekistan's first ever Olympic weightlifting

Ruslan Nurudonov claimed Uzbekistan's first ever Olympic weightlifting medal with gold in the men's under

Meng Suping claimed China’s fifth weightlifting gold medal of these Olympic Games after winning the women

at Athens 2004 and Zhou Lulu at London 2012.China has won four gold medals in just one other women's weightlifting

combined total of 306kg.Her silver earned North Korea its first medal in the highest weight class in weightlifting

(men and women).Robles' bronze gives the US its third medal in an Olympic women's weightlifting event

Rio 2016 weightlifting action is due to continue tomorrow with the men’s 105kg event.

Roman Vlasov got Russia off to a good start in wrestling at Rio 2016 after claiming a gold medal for a second successive Olympics by winning the men’s 75 kilograms Greco-Roman event at Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro.

Olympic title to go with his World Championship victories from 2011 and 2015.Russia's athletics and weightlifting

The National Olympic Committee of El Salvador (ESNOC) has awarded diplomas to 36 physical education teachers following a course organised by the Salvadorian Olympic Academy and the Foundation for Educational Development (FEPADE).

against Georgia’s Avtandil Tchrikishvili.Julio Cesar Salamanca Pineda contested the men’s under 62kg weightlifting

Sohrab Moradi made it two Olympic weightlifting gold medals in as many days for Iran after winning the

of samples from his under 94kg triumphs at the London 2012 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.Rio 2016 weightlifting

Oympic weightlifting champion Adrian Zieliński has joined his brother Tomasz in being sent home from

Szymon Kolecki, an Olympic medal winning lifter who now heads the Polish Weightlifting Federation (PZPC

hormone.PZPC President Kolecki has vowed to stand down amid a huge public backlash in a country where weightlifting

Russia claimed their fifth gold medal of the Olympic Games after beating France in the men’s foil team final at Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro.

Russia's athletics and weightlifting teams are banned from these Olympics following allegations of state-sponsored

Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami broke the clean and jerk world record to win the men's 85 kilograms Olympic title and clinch his country's first medal of these Games at the Riocentro - Pavilion 2 venue in Rio de Janeiro.

Rio 2016 weightlifting action is due to continue tomorrow with the men's 94kg event.

Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi has become the first athlete to fail an in-competition drugs test at the Olympic Games after testing positive following a fourth place finish in the women's 100 metres butterfly final.

Commission have announced.Analysis of a B-sample is taking place before this is confirmed by CAS.Polish Weightlifting

Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov smashed the clean and jerk world record to steal the men’s 77 kilograms Olympic weightlifting

 Earlier in the day, Yanmei Xiang helped add to China's weightlifting success at Rio 2016 with a

261kg, courtesy of 116kg in the snatch and 145kg in the clean and jerk, to give her country its fourth weightlifting

Olympic podium.Ahmed totalled 255kg with 112kg in the snatch and 143kg in the clean and jerk.Rio 2016 weightlifting

China’s weightlifters – winner of five Olympic gold medals overall at London 2012 - won both today’s finals to bring their total of golds to three so far at Rio 2016.

Kazakhstan the bronze.Deng Wei lifted a world record total of 262kg to win gold in the women's 63kg weightlifting

Khasan Khalmurzaev claimed Russia’s second Olympic judo gold medal and third overall of the Rio 2016 after beating the United States’ Travis Stevens in the men’s under 81 kilograms at the Carioca Arena 2. 

and sent the American over with a low uchi-mata for ippon after three minutes.Russia's athletics and weightlifting

Ukraine's javelin thrower Oleksandr Pyatnytsya has been ordered to return the Olympic silver medal he won at London 2012 after he tested positive following a re-test of his sample.

Taylan have also been confirmed to have tested positive in the Beijing 2008 re-tests.The International Weightlifting

section helped 21-year-old Sukanya Srisurat become the youngest ever Olympic champion in the women’s 58kg weightlifting

in the evening at the Riocentro, as Oscar Figueroa earned Colombia its first gold medal in a men’s weightlifting

On the subject of Thailand’s weightlifting success here – they already have four medals - Sirikaew -