Mingjuan Wang won weightlifting gold for China in the 48kg section with a score of 205kg at the ExCel Centre. The four-time world champion was a controversial pick for London 2012 after she was selected ahead of Tian Yuan who won gold at Chinas National Womens Weightlifting Championships. She repaid the faith and led after the snatch event to beat Japans Hiromi Miyake 197kg into second. North Korean Chun Hwa Ryang (192kg) took bronze with her final lift. Wang, 26, missed the last two Olympics through injury and led Miyake by 4kg after the snatch. She then lifted 110kg in the clean and jerk to secure the gold medal, before going on to successfully lift 114kg. In taking silver Miyake is the third member of her family to win an Olympic medal. Her father took bronze in the 1968 Games, while her uncle Yoshinobu Miyake won gold at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics. Wang Mingjuan of China secured the first gold medal of the London Olympic weightlifting competition, winning the women’s 48-kilogram title Saturday with a total weight of 205 kilograms. The four-time world champion dominated the competition, snatching 91 kilograms and lifting 114 kilograms in the clean and jerk. Despite being a top level lifter for a decade, the 26-year-old Wang had never competed in the Olympics due to injuries which ruled her out of Athens and Beijing. Japan’s Hiromi Miyake finished second and Ryang Chun Hwa of North Korea got the bronze. Medal favorite Panida Khamsri of Thailand bombed out after three …
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