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Records tumble as Zhou takes gold

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China's Zhou Lulu edged a dramatic heavyweight tussle with Russia's Tatiana Kashirina to claim gold as almost all the women's +75kg Olympic and world records were smashed at ExCeL this afternoon.

Lulu Zhou of China lifts her way to a gold medal during the women's +75kg Weightlifting on Day 9 of the Games.

Kashirina, conceding 28kg in bodyweight to her rival, took the initiative as she became the first woman to snatch over 150kg.

But Zhou hit back to equal the world best clean and jerk of 187kg - the only record still standing after a crunch clash - and triumph in dramatic fashion by just a single kilogram overall.

Zhou's total of 333kg breaks her own previous world best by a clear five kilos and adds the Olympic title to the world crown she claimed in Paris last November, where she also pushed four-time European champion Kashirina into second place.

Such was the dominance of the leading duo that a total of 294kg claimed bronze for Armenia's Hripsime Khurshudyan, who edged out 2008 gold medallist Jang Mi-Ran (289kg).