Prapawadee wins Thailand's first gold medal at Olympics
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BEIJING, Aug 10 (TNA) - Thailand's Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakul won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 53kg weightlifting on Sunday, the first gold medal so far for Thailand in the games.
Yoon Jin-hee of South Korea won the silver and Nastassia Novikava won the bronze for Belarus.
Thailand aims to win four medals in weightlifting in Beijing. However, two of the country's top medal hopes failed to finish in the top three at the games on Saturday.
Premsiri Bunpithak and Pensiri Laosirikul failed to finish in the top three at the Beijing Olympics.
Ms. Pensiri only finished fifth, while Ms. Premsiri failed to make a single success in three attempts in the snatch category and was eliminated in the 48kg division.
The Thai female weightlifting squad claimed two gold and two bronze medals in weightlifting at the 2004 Games.
Athens bronze medallist Wandee Kamaeim is the only female lifter remaining from the 2004 Olympics. She will take part in the 58kg division in Beijing on Monday. (TNA)
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