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Saturday, 9 August 2008

Chen wins gold for awesome snatch

Chen Xiexia

You can wait a lifetime for a headline like that.

Would you believe it? My namesake wins China's first gold of the Olympics with superior muscle-power and a fearsome snatch. Chen, 25, lifted 95kg in the snatch and set a new record for the class with 117kg in the clean and jerk.

It's little things like this that make my day.

Video of women's weightlifting event. Chen wins first gold for China
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2 comments:

  1. harpymarx9 August 2008 at 16:38

    I missed that....

    Was watching the swimming this morning.

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  2. splinteredsunrise11 August 2008 at 15:12

    Great headline... Tony Livesey in his Daily Sport heyday would have been proud of it.

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