BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Miran Jang of South Korea, a silver medalist at the Athens Olympics, walked away with the gold Saturday in the heavyweight class of women's weightlifting.
She broke the world record with a total of 326 kilograms for her two lifts -- 49 kilograms more than silver medal winner Olha Korobka of Ukraine. The bronze went to Mariya Grabovetskaya of Kazakhstan.
It was only the third weightlifting event out of 12 contested thus far in the Olympics in which a Chinese athlete did not win a medal.
China has won eight golds and a silver with three more events to go.
Saturday's competition was the last women's weightlifting event of the Games. China won four of the seven gold medals available for the women. Russia did not win a gold, but managed two silvers and a bronze.
