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Chinese Long qingquan wins men's 56kg weight-lifting gold
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Updated: 2008-08-10 20:55
Long Qingquan of China celebrates after a lift in the men's 56 kg weightlifting event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium in Beijing on August 10, 2008. Long Qingquan set a new junior world record by heaving 132kg in the snatch for the men's 56kg weightlifting class. [Agencies]
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Chinese Long Qingquan totaled 292kg to win the men's 56kg division weightlifting gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Sunday.
Vietnam's Hoang Anh Tuan took the silver with 290kg and Indonesian Eko Yuli Irawan got the bronze with 288.
