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...gold when, with two lifts remaining, she inexplicably failed to make a second attempt within the allotted time. In the 75-kg class all three medalists lifted the same weight - 245 kg - but under Olympic rules the lighter athlete wins, so the 73.28 kg Urrutia took gold, while Ruth Ogbeifo of Nigeria, weighing in at 74.22 kg, snatched silver from the 74.52 kg Kuo Yi-Hang of Taiwan. The idea of women weight lifting may still suprise some people, but as Jimenez Mendivil said after her win, "This is a sport for women. All sports are for women...
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