Pak Hyon-suk : Women's Weightlifting 63kg Gold

Pak Hyon-suk takes a lift. (Picture Credit: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)


The Women's Weightlifting 63kg final was held at the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium on day four of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games . Pak Hyon-suk of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) won the gold medal in this event with a total of 241 kilos. Irina Nekrassova from Kazakhstan took the silver with a total result of 240kg, while Lu Ying-chi from Chinese Taipei got the bronze with 231kg.