Paris 2024 weightlifting: All results as Luo Shifang takes 59kg gold with an Olympic record

By Maggie Hendricks
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Shifang Luo of Team People's Republic of China
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Luo Shifang from the People's Republic of China won the weightlifting 59kg gold medal with a total of 241 kg at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on Thursday (8 August.)

Both Luo's total lift and her individual snatch and clean and jerk lifts were new Olympic Records for the weight class.

“I was super, super nervous but once I got on the stage, I didn’t think too much and then I made it happen. I was focusing on my game so much today," Luo said afterwards.

“For the third attempt, I made some little mistakes when I lifted. Then I tried my very best to adjust it and I was successful."

Canada's Maude Charron took silver with a total lift of 236 kg, just beating Chinese Taipei's Kuo Hsing-Chun, who won bronze.

"I tried my best. We planned to do 107(kg) for my third snatch, but the coach saw the 'game over' there and knew what we needed. We decided that 106 was a safer bet. I just trusted them and went for it," Charron said.

Women's 59 kg weightlifting complete podium

Gold: Luo Shifang (People's Republic of China)
Silver: Maude Charron (Canada)
Bronze: Kuo Hsing-Chun (Chinese Taipei)

Complete results can be found at Olympics.com.