Japan¡¯s Mikiko Ando earned her first Olympic medal Tuesday, taking the women¡¯s 59-kilogram weightlifting bronze at the Tokyo Games.
It was Japan¡¯s third consecutive Games with a medal in women¡¯s weightlifting after Hiromi Miyake¡¯s silver at the 2012 London Games and bronze in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The 28-year-old Ando lifted 94 kg in the snatch and 120 kg in the clean and jerk for a 214 kg total behind Taiwan¡¯s Kuo Hsing-chun¡¯s Olympic record 236 kg and the 217 kg lifted by Turkmenistan¡¯s Polina Guryeva, who took the silver.
Ando competed for Japan in Rio, where she finished fifth in the 58-kg division.
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