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Sukanya Srisurat of Thailand
Sukanya Srisurat lifted an Olympic record 110kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 240kg, comfortably beating compatriot Pimsiri Sirikaew to first place in the women’s 58kg weightlifting contest. She broke the previous snatch record set by China’s Li Xueying at London 2012 by 2kg.
“I practised so hard. This is my first Olympic Games and I’m really delighted,” the 21-year-old said.
She was one of seven young Thai weightlifters found to have violated anti-doping rules during youth and junior weightlifting championships five years ago.
“I felt so sad when I was banned but I never gave up to get back and now everything has been repaid,” she said following her triumph in Rio.
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