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Chinese rookie Zheng wins men's over 69kg title in junior w

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PRAGUE - China's Zheng Zhisheng, 20, won the gold medal of men's over 69kg class with a total of 325kg, adding the sixth title into China's golden haul at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships here on Tuesday.

It is a perfect ending of the day for the Chinese team after Li Xueyin won three gold medals of women's over 58kg class with a total of 225kg, 102kg in the snatch and 123kg in the clean and jerk competition.

"I am satisfied with my performance today, I'd try my best to do better in the future," Li said.

Zheng, the championships rookie, snatched 145kg and got the first place in men's over 69kg class, where compatriot Tang Fei, 18 won the clean and jerk category at 181kg.

Mirzoyan Arayik from Armenia got the bronze medal.

Ma Wenguang, president of the Chinese Weightlifting Association, said that half of the Chinese players are new members of the national team, and the others are from regional teams.

"We want to take the chance to discover new talents, and also to let the young athletes gain international competition experience in order to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing," Ma said.

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