Olympic Weightlifting 2016: Medal Winners and Scores After Tuesday's Results

China's Shi Zhiyong won gold in the men's 69-kilogram weightlifting with a combined total of 352 kilograms on Tuesday at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Turkey's Daniyar Ismayilov finished just 1kg behind in second, with Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan taking bronze a further 12 kilograms behind.

In the women's event, Deng Wei of China took home the gold in the 63-kilogram classification with a world record combined total of 262 kilograms.

She also broke her own world record in the clean-and-jerk category with a lift of 147 kilograms. The People's Republic of Korea's Hyo Sim Choe finished 14 kilograms behind in second, with Karina Goricheva of Kazakhstan rounding out the medal positions.

Competitors were instructed to execute two different styles of lifts in the snatch along with the clean and jerk, with their scores totalled to determine the standings.

Here are Tuesday's results:

Position	Nationality	Name	Bodyweight	Snatch (Kgs)	Clean and Jerk (Kgs)	Total
Gold	China	Shi Zhiyong	68.72	162	190	352
Silver	Turkey	Daniyar Ismayilov	68.59	163	188	351
Bronze	Kyrgyzstan	Izzat Artyov	68.68	151	188	339
4	Colombia	Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano	68.54	155	183	338
5	Mexico	Bredni Roque Mendoza	68.63	145	181	326
6	Albania	Briken Calja	68.84	145	181	326
7	Moldova	Serghei Cechir	68.75	144	178	322

Position	Nationality	Name	Bodyweight (Kgs)	Snatch (Kgs)	Clean and Jerk (Kgs)	Total
Gold	China	Deng Wei	62.34	115	147	262
Silver	People's Republic of Korea	Hyo Sim Choe	62.17	105	143	248
Bronze	Kazahstan	Karina Goricheva	62.66	111	132	234
4	Colombia	Mercedes Isabel Perez Tigrero	62.74	104	130	220
5	Mexico	Eva Alicia Gurrola Ortiz	62.60	100	120	217
6	Italy	Giorgia Bordignon	61.96	98	119	216
7	Egypt	Esraa Ahmed	61.98	100	116	215
8	Cuba	Maria Rodriguez	62.20	94	121	205

Recap

Colombia's Luis Javier Mosquera Lozano took the lead with just three lifters remaining in the snatch, with a personal best of 155 kilograms. 

He was soon to be bettered however, as Shi and Ismayilov began their tilt at the title in impressive fashion, lifting 156 kilograms in their opening gambit into the competition.

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The People's Republic of Korea's Myong Hyok Kim briefly moved to the top of the standings with a 157-kilogram snatch, before Shi recorded a personal best of 160 kilograms. Ismayilov then moved level with the Chinese lifter—also a PB for the Turk.

Shi expected to move into the clean and jerk after successfully sealing a 152kg lift but Ismayilov was not to be deterred, as he improved on his best with a 163-kilogram snatch.

The Turkish lifter took a one-kilogram lead into the second stage of the competition but did not look as comfortable with the jerk. Albania's Briken Calja temporarily moved into fourth with a personal best 181-kilogram lift after his second attempt, level with Mexico's Brendi Roque Mendoza but behind due to bodyweight.

Shi leapfrogged his way to the top of the standings with an impressive squat jerk of 193 kilograms, standing proudly with locked elbows. Kim missed with his first attempt at 188kgs and was unable to complete his jerk at the same weight with his second try.

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Ismayilov's third attempt of 188 kilograms was three kilograms more than his previous successful attempt and moved him 1kg clear of Shi at the summit. Following some gamesmanship between the Colombian and the North Korean coaches, Shi was forced to return to the platform to nail a 190-kilogram clean and jerk in devastating fashion. 

Artykov attempted an Olympic record of 196 kilograms—8kgs higher than his previous best in the final—but failed to finish the lift, with Kim doing the same.

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In the final lift of the event, Shi was moments away from lifting an Olympic record of 198 kilograms but his failure didn't matter, as he took home gold with a combined total of 352. Ismayilov finished just 1kg behind with a silver medal, with Artykov rounding out the podium places on 339.

Deng Powers To Glory

In the women's, Deng began her pursuit of gold by stamping an initial snatch of 108 kilograms to move to the summit of the leaderboard early on in the Group A competition. 

That table-topping effort would soon be bettered by rival Goricheva, who moved into first place with a snatch of 111 kilograms.

But Deng would soon leapfrog her closest challenger with a lift of 112kgs in her second attempt before tying a personal best with her final try of the day, extending her lead with a snatch of 115 kilograms.

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Heading into the Games, the Chinese lifter held the world record with a 146-kilogram clean and jerk, meaning her rivals had some ground to make up in the second stage of the competition.

In the clean and jerk, Deng arrived in the contest with a four-kilogram advantage and sat on from the sidelines to see her competitors' attempts.

Goricheva's first attempt at 132kg was a success, despite one of the judge flashing her a red light, as she moved into the lead in the competition.

Having been sat in third place following the snatch, Thailand's Siripuch Gulnoi failed to complete her 132-kilogram lift in three consecutive attempts, opening up the medal places as she exited the competition. 

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Goricheva was desperate to signal her intentions in the tournament with an Olympic record attempt of 137kg, which she failed to complete. Colombia's Mercedes Perez also attempted that figure but was unable to lift past her chest and departed with a haul of 134 kilograms. Goricheva followed her back on to the platform but again couldn't execute the move. 

In Deng's first attempt, the 23-year-old produced a sublime display to lift an Olympic record 138-kilogram clean-and-jerk lift to take her total to 253, also an Olympic record.

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Choe matched that weight lift to move herself into silver medal spot on 243, due to the fact her bodyweight was less than that of Goricheva. Choe then stunned the crowd to break her own record and lift 143 kilograms to further cement her second-place spot.

With records tumbling, Deng lifted 147 kilograms on the clean and jerk to nail her own world record figure and total to take the gold medal. The silver went to Choe as Goricheva picked up the final podium position.