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Olympic weightlifting champion Xiaojun Lyu handed provisional doping suspension
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Emily Campbell breaks Commonwealth Games record to win +87kg gold
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England's Chris Murray wins Commonwealth Games gold in men's 81kg
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British Weightlifting chiefs hope Emily Campbell's silver leads to more funding
British Weightlifting declared itself "shocked and devastated" when the sport lost its UK Sport funding in the wake of the Rio Olympics in 2016.
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Tokyo 2020: Emily Campbell hails "wild and surreal" Olympic medal
Emily Campbell's journey culminated in claiming silver in the women's +87kg.
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Tokyo 2020: Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard exits without a lift
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Today at the Olympics: GB strike gold in eventing as Campbell makes history
Emily Campbell secured Great Britain's first women's Olympic weightlifting medal.
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Tom McEwen added to Team GB's silver haul.
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Tokyo 2020: GB's Emily Campbell takes historic silver in weightlifting
The 27-year-old took home silver.
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Medals not on Ali Jawad's mind in Tokyo
The 32-year-old Paralympic silver medallist was named in Great Britain's five-person squad for Tokyo.
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Ali Jawad named in GB's powerlifting squad for Paralympics
Former world champion Ali Jawad will be competing in his fourth Games.
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Emily Campbell: 'Weightlifters do not have to sacrifice femininity'
New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard is poised become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Olympics.
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Powerlifter Ali Jawad urges IPC to be transparent to end athlete panic
The IPC is pressing ahead for the Games to start on August 25 in Tokyo.
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