The Unofficial 2008 Beijing Olympics Blog

Seventeen-year-old Long Qingquan of China became the new Olympic champion of the Men’s Weightlifting 56 kilogram class after lifting a total weight of 292kg, out-lifting competition favorite, Cha Kum Chol of the Democratic People’s Republic of Koreajust.

Long won the final with a total weight of 292kg, which is another world junior record. Runner-up Hoang Anh Tuan became the second Vietnamese athlete ever to win an Olympic medal, and bronze medalist Eko Yuli Irawan grabbed the third Olympic Weightlifting medal in his country’s history.

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