China win women's weightlifting gold

Chinese weightlifter Zhou Lulu claimed gold in the women's +75kg competition with a world record performance.

Zhou scored an impressive 333kg overall to pip Russia's Tatiana Kashirina to first place.

Kashirina set a world record of her own with a 151kg lift in the snatch but had to settle for a silver medal.

Armenian Hripsime Khurshudyan won bronze with a score of 294kg despite failing with her final lift in the clean and jerk.

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