Weightlifting

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Jul 2012 at 18:07

Zoe finished 12th overall, 35kg behind new Olympic Record holder LI Xueying.

She's a great talent for the future but she was destroyed by at least 10 other lifters.

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Jul 2012 at 20:18

Another world record in the men's <62kg :cool:

Edit: And now an Olympic record in the C&J.

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Jul 2012 at 20:53

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/weightlifting

Click on the time for each day and you'll be able to watch the whole event.

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Jul 2012 at 21:39

Mark A said:
Ahh thanks I didn't know that. Are the ones that are greyed out not available to watch?

It's a good service for catching up on events you've missed but not so good for catching up on events that haven't happened yet

Pigeon_Killer · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:06

Huge PB and Welsh record for Gareth Evans but he's even further away from the leading pack than Zoe was and at 26 years old he's got no hope of ever competing for medals unfortunately

Pigeon_Killer · 31 Jul 2012 at 11:15

Mark A said:
Is 30 too old?

I wouldn't say he'd be too old to lift at 30 but it's unlikely he'll improve as much as he needs to in those 4 years to even have a chance of hitting the group A standard of lifting

Edit: Gareth finishes 8th in group B, 41kg behind the winner Kim M.H who got a total of 329kg. Given all of the competitors in group A have posted opening lifts that would equal 330kg it shows how far behind the pack he is.

Pigeon_Killer · 31 Jul 2012 at 17:11

Women's <63kg event has just finished with Maiya Maneza winning with a total of 245kg which is lower than the <58kg total set by Xueying Li. Highlights how good the <58kg competition Zoe competed in actually was.

Given her well publicised weight issues perhaps they'll consider moving her up a weight class, she would've finished 7th if she had lifted today.

Pigeon_Killer · 1 Aug 2012 at 20:13

Another Chinese lifter... you know the story

They're destroying the competition at this event. We need to do what we did with the British divers and nick some Chinese coaches.