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Paris Olympics goes gold for Indonesia, bringing home medals in speed climbing and weightlifting

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Paris Olympics goes gold for Indonesia, bringing home medals in speed climbing and weightlifting

Indonesia brought home two gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games on Thursday, with wins in speed climbing and men’s weightlifting. Veddriq Leonardo won a gold medal in the men’s speed climbing, the first win for Indonesia at the Games, and later that day, Rizki Juniansyah won the men’s 73kg Olympic weightlifting title, bringing another … Read more

Olympics – Weightlifting – A gold to remember for Indonesia’s weightlifter Juniansyah as China’s Shi fails to finish

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PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Rizki Juniansyah won the men’s 73kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 354kg, setting the Olympic record in the clean and jerk as China’s reigning champion Shi Zhiyong failed to finish. Juniansyah lifted 155kg in the snatch to put himself in a … Read more