2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Athletes

	Weightlifting Olympic champion Chen Yanqing Following is the factbox on Olympic weightlifting champion in women's 58kg category.

	Weightlifting champ Jaroenrattanatarakoon changes name for good luck Thai weightlifter Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon won her country's first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday and she attributed her victory to changing her name before the Games.

	Chinese rookie lifter Long Qingquan to fight his way in 56kg class Batches of rising young weightlifters will compete on Sunday in the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) gym for the dominator's seat of the men's 56kg category weightlifting, which has been vacant for a long time since the era of talented Turk Halil Mutlu has ended.

	Chinese strongwoman Chen Xiexia: save the tears, show the smile Chen Xiexia's coach lost six kilograms of weight after the hot favorite for the Olympic women's 48kg weightlifting title was accidentally injured less than a month before the start of the Beijing Games.

	I won a home game: Chinese Taipei weightlifter Chen Weiling of the Chinese Taipei delegation finished third in women's 48kg class weightlifting on the first day of the Olympic competition.

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