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China wins 2 golds as doping cases hit weightlifting

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With weightlifting once again hit by a doping scandal, China won two Olympic gold medals in the sport on Tuesday.

Deng Wei and Shi Zhiyong won their events hours after one of the top female lifters, Lin Tzu-Chi of Taiwan, was forced to withdraw from the competition because of an abnormal doping test.

Deng won the women's 63-kilogram category, setting a world record total of 262 kilograms. The previous record holder was Lin.

"Because this is my first Olympic Games, I was quite nervous," Deng said. "But I set my goal to break the world record before coming to Rio, so this is actually within my expectations.