Women’s 63 kg press conference quotes
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Pak Hyon Suk (PRK), gold medallist:
“Ihave never dreamed that I would win gold, but now I am fully overjoyed. I failed my first two attempts, however when I was about to do sthe third I kept in my mind that the Dear Leader of our country would be watching this effort and it encoureged me and that’s how I was able to lift the last weight. In September there will be a great national celebration and I will enter the arena with my gold around my neck. This is the first gold in this sport in our country.I will parade with this medalbrings great joy to me.”
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Irina Nekrassova (KAZ), silver medalist:
“Regarding the crucial moment when I could win gold, I thought I could achieve 135 kg in clean and jerk, but unfortunately I failed an I did not show good result. I burst into tears because this first medal for Kazakhstan at the Games could have been a gold, but it was silver.”
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Lu Ying-Chi (TPE), bronze medalist:
“It was beyond my wildest dreams that I would win this medal. Of course I myself could not follow the results of my rivals. My coach actually lied me, he said that I was ranked 8th and if Kim failed that I would have been ranked 7th. So I was overjoyed about this medal.”