Thai star wins gold with record

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Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon broke the Olympic record as she won the women's 53kg weightlifting.

South Korean Yoon Jin-hee claimed the silver with Nastassia Novikava of Belarus taking the bronze.

Thailand's Prapawadee lifted a total of 221kg, including 95kg in the snatch and an Olympic record score of 126kg in the clean and jerk.

Her total was 8kg better than Yoon and Novikava, with the former taking silver because of a lower body weight.

Prapawadee was previously known as Chanpim Kantatian, but changed her name in 2007.

"A fortune teller told me if I changed my name I would go far, so I changed it because I wanted to go to the Olympics," she told reporters after her win.

"Last time I didn't make it, and now I wanted to go in."

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Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	TOTAL
1	also show each event results forChina	8	1	0	9
Men's 56kg		1	0	0
Men's 62kg		1	0	0
Men's 69kg		1	0	0
Men's 77kg		0	1	0
Men's 85kg		1	0	0
Women's 48kg		1	0	0
Women's 58kg		1	0	0
Women's 69kg		1	0	0
Women's 75kg		1	0	0
2	also show each event results forSouth Korea	2	1	0	3
Men's 77kg		1	0	0
Women's +75kg		1	0	0
Women's 53kg		0	1	0
3	also show each event results forKazakhstan	1	2	1	4
Men's 94kg		1	0	0
Women's +75kg		0	0	1
Women's 63kg		0	1	0
Women's 75kg		0	1	0
4	also show each event results forBelarus	1	1	1	3
Men's 105kg		1	0	0
Men's 85kg		0	1	0
Women's 53kg		0	0	1
5	also show each event results forDPR Korea	1	0	1	2
Women's 58kg		0	0	1
Women's 63kg		1	0	0
6	also show each event results forGermany	1	0	0	1
Men's +105kg		1	0	0
7	also show each event results forThailand	1	0	0	1
Women's 53kg		1	0	0
8	also show each event results forRussia	0	4	3	7
Men's +105kg		0	1	0
Men's 105kg		0	1	1
Men's 94kg		0	0	1
Women's 58kg		0	1	0
Women's 69kg		0	1	0
Women's 75kg		0	0	1
9	also show each event results forUkraine	0	1	1	2
Women's +75kg		0	1	0
Women's 69kg		0	0	1
10	also show each event results forColombia	0	1	0	1
Men's 62kg		0	1	0
11	also show each event results forFrance	0	1	0	1
Men's 69kg		0	1	0
12	also show each event results forPoland	0	1	0	1
Men's 94kg		0	1	0
13	also show each event results forTurkey	0	1	0	1
Women's 48kg		0	1	0
14	also show each event results forVietnam	0	1	0	1
Men's 56kg		0	1	0
15	also show each event results forArmenia	0	0	3	3
Men's 69kg		0	0	1
Men's 77kg		0	0	1
Men's 85kg		0	0	1
16	also show each event results forChinese Taipei	0	0	2	2
Women's 48kg		0	0	1
Women's 63kg		0	0	1
17	also show each event results forIndonesia	0	0	2	2
Men's 56kg		0	0	1
Men's 62kg		0	0	1
18	also show each event results forLatvia	0	0	1	1
Men's +105kg		0	0	1

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