China's Huang Huan overcame tough challenges from two Greek
lifters to win the women's over 75 kilograms title at the "Good
Luck Beijing" 2008 International Weightlifting Invitational
Tournament in Beijing on Wednesday.
Huang, 21, the champion of the 2007 World Junior Championships,
combined lifts of 119kg in the snatch and 150kg in the clean and
jerk to finish with 269kg, 15kg more than the runner-up Aikaterini
Roditi of Greece.
Roditi settled for the silver medal at 254kg, and her teammate
Vasiliki Kasapi took bronze the medal with 250kg.
Huang said: "269kg was not my favorite category. I was always
trying to train hard and aiming to emulate Olympic champion Tang
Gonghong in the competition."
(Xinhua News Agency January 24, 2008)