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Deng Wei of China celebrates at the awarding ceremony of the women's 63KG weightlifting group A final at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 9, 2016. Deng Wei won gold medal with clean and jerk, total world records. [Xinhua]

Chinese breaks world record with 262kg total

Deng Wei is making her Olympic debut and her chances of claiming the gold in the 63 kilogram class would be improved when the world record holder from Chinese Taipei, Lin Tzu-Chi pulls out hours before the event. Deng would lift 115 kilograms in the snatch and then break her own world record in the clean and jerk with 147 kilograms for a new world record total of 262 kilograms and the gold medal.

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