Tanasan’s gold means the country’s women weightlifters have matched its men’s efforts in boxing, the only two sports in which Thailand has won Olympic titles. Indonesia’s Sri Wahyuni Agustiani took the silver and Japan’s Hiromi Miyake, competing in her fourth Games, won the bronze. The ban was subject to the International Olympic Committee completing the legal processing of those tests before the entry deadline, and that did not happen. Another of Sopatan’s strongest rivals, Vietnam’s Thi Huyen Vuong, failed to register a total after three failures in the snatch. Hou has been replaced in China’s team by Meng Suping, who will compete in the heaviest weight category, +75kg.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 07, 2016 00:33 UTC