China’s first gold medal

25 year old Chen Xiexia (陈燮霞) from Guangdong Province has, this morning, won the gold medal in the women’s 48kg weightlifting event. She also set two new Olympic records with a lift total of 212kg and a final clean and jerk heave of 117kg. Chen’s victory represents the host nation’s first gold medal of the Beijing 2008 Games.