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16-08-04, 10:53 AM
Lifter Is First Thai Woman to Win Gold (AP) (http://asia.news.yahoo.com/040815/ap/d84fp55o0.html)
Monday August 16, 12:42 AM
On a day of weightlifting firsts, world champion Udomporn Polsak got the one that counted most by becoming the first woman from Thailand to win an Olympic gold medal. Polsak, missing only once during six powerfully executed lifts that gradually pulled her away from a field of eight, held off Indonesia's Lisa Raema Rumbewas at 117 pounds (53kg) Sunday, winning only the third gold medal ever for Thailand...
Monday August 16, 12:42 AM
On a day of weightlifting firsts, world champion Udomporn Polsak got the one that counted most by becoming the first woman from Thailand to win an Olympic gold medal. Polsak, missing only once during six powerfully executed lifts that gradually pulled her away from a field of eight, held off Indonesia's Lisa Raema Rumbewas at 117 pounds (53kg) Sunday, winning only the third gold medal ever for Thailand...