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Russia's Zabolotnaia breaks women's 75kg weightlifting world record

2007-09-25 04:26:55 Xinhua English

CHIANG MAI, Thailand, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Natalia Zabolotnaia from Russia broke her own world record in the women's 75kg division at the world weightlifting championships here on Tuesday.

Zabolotnaia, silver medallist at the 2005 worlds, lifted 131kg in her third attempt, one kilo over the previous world best.

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