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China's Gu sets world records in weightlifting
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-12 15:21
Gu Wei lifts during the women's 58kg category
at the World Weightlifting Championships in Doha November 11, 2005.
[Reuters] | Wandee won the silver with a 236 total
from a 101 snatch and 135 clean and jerk.
Russian Marina Shainova bagged the overall bronze medal with a 233 aggregate
from a 101 snatch and 132 clean and jerk.
Shi won the men's title with a 350 total, though it was seven kilograms shy
of matching the six-year-old world record by Bulgaria's Galabin Boevski.
Shi's 160 snatch and 190 clean and jerk also clinched him gold medals in the
respective categories.
Korea's Lee Bae-Young, a silver medallist at the Athens Olympics, was also
second overall with 337 kilograms after a 152 snatch and 185 clean and jerk.
Vencelas Dabaya of France won the overall bronze medal with 324, from a 145
snatch and 179 clean and jerk.
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