The women's 53 kilograms weightlifting event was the second-lightest women's event at the
weightlifting
Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...
competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 10 at 15:30. This event was the second Weightlifting event to conclude.
Each lifter performed in both the
snatch and
clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.
Schedule
All times are China Standard Time
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( UTC+08:00)
Records
Results
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Nastassia Novikava
Nastassia Novikava ( be, Настасся Новікава) (born 16 November 1981 in Zhodzina, Byelorussian SSR) is a world championship winning weightlifter from Belarus.
Career
At the 2004 Summer Olympics Novikava ranked fifth in the 53&nb ...
of
Belarus
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originally finished third, but was disqualified after she tested positive for
oral turinabol and
stanozolol
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.
New records
References
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Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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