2008
12
Aug
Islam-BekaAlbiev from Russia has won a gold medal in the 60kg greco-roman wrestling this afternoon.
Vitaliy Rahimov from Azerbaijan won the silver. Nurbakyt Tengizbayev from Kazakhstan and Ruslan Tiumenbaev from Kyrgyzstan both won bronze medals.
2008
12
Aug
Pak Hyon-suk from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) has won the country’s first gold medal in the women’s 63kg weightlifting at the Beijing Olympics.
Irina Nekrassova from Kazakhstan won the silver medal and Ying-Chi Lu from Chinese Taipei won the bronze medal.
2008
10
Aug
Xian Dongmei from China added to her Athens gold medal by beating An Kum-ae of South Korea, who earns the silver medal.
Soraya Haddad of Kazakhstan and Nakamura Misato of Japan both won won bronze medals.