Lu Yong of China kisses the bar after men's 85kg group A competition of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games weightlifting event in Beijing, China, Aug. 15, 2008. Lu Yong won the gold with a total of 394 kg. [Yang Lei/Xinhua Photo]

Several medal contenders, close to each other in strength, kept changing their orders of weight to achieve a better result. In the snatch section, Andrei Rybakou of Belarus finished first with 185kg, China's Lu Yong and Vladimir Sedov of Kazakhstan both lifted 180kg. Lu tried to snatch 183kg in his third attempt, but failed.

Lu said he was not worried about the 5 kilos.

"If the lead didn't surpass 10kg I knew I could beat him," he said.

The clean and jerk session is more breath-taking as the competition now is mainly between Lu and Rybakou.

Rybakou successfully jerked 200kg and 204kg and Lu succeeded in his first jerk attempt of 208kg, one kilo less than Rybakou's total achievement.

Rybakou ordered a record-breaking 209kg, and made a good lift.

Lu ordered 214. If he made it, he would defeat the Belarusian as he is lighter than Rybakou in bodyweight.

He lifted it but the jury members ruled out refrees' "good" judgement.

Lu said after the game that his mindset was affected but he managed to concentrate on the last attempt.