2012 Olympics - Weightlifting

North Korea picked up another gold medal in weightlifting at the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday as Rim Jong Sim won the women's 69-kilogram event.

China's Lin Qingfeng won the men's 69 kg weightlifting gold medal after lifting a combined 344 kg between the snatch and the clean and jerk on Tuesday.

Maiya Maneza set an Olympic record lifting a combined total of 245 kg in the snatch and clean and jerk to take home the gold medal in the women's 63 kg weightlifting final at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

North Korea's Kim Un Guk won gold in a competition with many record-breaking marks.

China continued its dominance of weightlifting with Li Xueying's gold on Monday.

Om Yun Chol's Olympic record clean and jerk lifted him to North Korea's second gold medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan set a world record and won the Women's 53 kg Weightlifting gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

How can gigantic people in singlets, lifting large amounts of weight over their heads, be one of the most moving events at the Summer Olympics? Spencer Hall explains, with the technique and story of Matthias Steiner.