Weightlifting

China says a weightlifting whitewash at next year's Beijing Olympics is highly unlikely despite winning close to half the titles at the world championships in Chiang Mai. "This is our best team - it's the best we've had for two years, and nobody is...

China says a weightlifting whitewash at next year's Beijing Olympics is highly unlikely despite winning close to half the titles at the world championships in Chiang Mai. "This is our best team - it's the best we've had for two years, and nobody is missing," senior coach He Cheng told Reuters. "China has reached its limit here, we won't be able to emulate this in Beijing. It will be difficult to improve on this. It's difficult to maintain what we have."

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