Campbell claims Team GB's final medal at Paris Olympics

By Sports Desk August 11, 2024

Emily Campbell claimed Great Britain's 65th and final medal at the Paris Olympics after winning bronze in the women's +81kg weightlifting on Sunday. 

Campbell, who won silver in Tokyo three years ago, finished with a total of 288kg, lifting 126kg in the snatch and 162kg in the clean and jerk.

The 30-year-old has now won two of Great Britain's nine Olympic weightlifting medals, and is the only woman to finish on the podium at the Games. 

Campbell set a new personal best in the snatch and clean and jerk, acknowledging the quality of her opponents in the French capital. 

"The standard was so high and I had to pull it out of the bag," Campbell said. "In Tokyo I was new to the sport and enjoying things, it was a bonus medal.

"This one has come from the heart."

Defending champion Li Wenwen of China successfully defended her crown, winning gold ahead of South Korea's Park Hye-jeong. 

Britain end the Games with 14 golds, 22 silvers and 29 bronze medals, beating their tally of 64 in Tokyo three years ago, with their efforts the joint-third best they have managed at the Olympics. 

Since their first appearance in Athens in 1896, they have only managed more medals in Rio (67 in 2016) and London (146 in 1908). 

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