“I was at home in China training hard when I heard I had been selected”, she said. She and her coach, Tim Swords, a Catholic, were studying scriptures recently when they came across something that has resonated with her. This is going to change your life.
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After making her final lift, Robles sank onto her knees and gave a roar of delight before blowing a kiss to the crowd.
Born in Ma’anshan in East China’s Anhui, the 27-year-old weightlifter is the province’s third Olympic gold victor, following Xu Haifeng and Deng Linlin.
Lee Hui-sol was fifth at 275 kg total (122 kg in snatch, 153 kg in clean and jerk) and Son Young-hee ended in sixth with 273 kg (118 kg in snatch and 155 kg in clean and jerk).
Meng Suping of China won the gold medal with a total of 307kg in the women’s over 75kg weightlifting at the Rio Olympic Games on Sunday, Xinhua News Agency reported. The last USA men’s medals were in 1984.
“I think what happened tonight is a phenomenal thing”, Robles said. That’s the goal of what we’re doing. Robles said she was proud to be a part of such an impressive weightlifting competition. That puts her in good shape for now. She also participated in the London 2012 Olympics finishing seventh.
Both Kim and Robles previously served two-year doping bans.
However, she suffered a small wrist injury at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Swords was emotional after Robles’ accomplishment, while she was giddy. “There was no anxiety”.
Robles went six for six in her lifts, with her mother in attendance.
“I felt like an Olympic champion to myself”, she said of the effort that she called her “absolute best”.
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Robles completes a 160kg clean and jerk. It was before that final lift she and Swords talked. And that day I was crying my eyes out. “I’m the only person competing against myself”. “I was sort of lost in my own moment”. “I try to keep it in the right perspective and use my body to glorify my God”.
