Word: dragneva
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Tiny Tara Nott became the first U.S. athlete in 40 years, as the women's version of the sport debuted in Sydney, to win an Olympic gold medal in weight lifting. Nott's achievement came at the expense of Bulgarian lifter Izabela Dragneva, who initially won the gold but was disqualified after failing a doping test. Thus Nott, 28, who had won the silver with a total lift of 407 3/4 lbs. in the 106-lb. weight class, became the Olympic champion...
...medals on offer, with Yang Xia taking the 53-kg gold in a new world record total of 225 kg. Yang's compatriots, Xiaomen Chen in the 63 kg and Weining Lin in the 69 kg categories, completed the hat trick for China. However, it was Bulgaria's Izabela Dragneva who won the first women's Olympic gold with a total lift of 190 kg in the 48-kg class. And surprise results gave Soraya Jimenez Mendivil Mexico's first weight-lifting gold, while Maria Isabel Urrutia will be taking home Colombia's first-ever Olympic medal. Jimenez Mendivil outlifted...
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