Silver medallist thrown out
Hungary's Ferenc Gyurkovics is thrown out of the Games for failing a drugs test.
Rezazadeh wins gold
Hossein Rezazadeh sets a new world record as he reclaimed his Olympic title in weightlifting's +105kg class.
Berestov wins gold
Russia's Dmitry Berestov wins 105kg gold after world champion Said Saif Asaad's injures his leg.
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India sacks weightlifting coaches
The Indian government sacks two weightlifting coaches after a drugs scandal.
Dobrev earns Bulgaria gold
Milen Dobrev earns Bulgaria's first weightlifting medal of the Games by winning gold in the 94kg category.
Greece appeal over Sampanis
Greece protest after weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis is stripped of his bronze medal.
Greek hero takes bronze
Pyrros Dimas finishes third in the men's 85kg weightlifting class, while Tang Gonghong sets a women's world record.
Khomich fails dope test
Russian officials withdraw female Russian weightlifter Albina Khomich after she tests positive for drugs.
Thongsuk wins lifting gold
Thailand's Pawina Thongsuk wins the women's 75kg weightlifting.
Liu smashes record to win
China's Liu Chunhong breaks three world records to claim the women's 69kg Olympic weightlifting title.
Weightlifters test positive
Five weightlifters are suspended after failing drugs tests.
Skakun & Guozheng triumph
Ukraine's Nataliya Skakun wins the 63kg Olympic weightlifting title while China's Zhang Guozheng took the men's 69kg title.
Chinese one-two in 62kg
British weightlifter Kamran Panjavi crashes out as China's Shi Zhiyong takes 62kg gold.
Chen breaks mark for gold
China's Chen Yanqing clinches the women's 58kg gold medal with an Olympic record total.
Breeze bows out
British weightlifter Michaela Breeze finishes out of the medals in the 58kg category.
Dimas hit by injury setback
Greece's Pyrros Dimas suffers a wrist injury in training.
Myanmar lifter tests positive
Myanmar weightlifter Nan Aye Khine fails a drugs test.
Udomporn makes Thai history
Weightlifter Udomporn Polsak becomes the first Thailand woman to win an Olympic gold.
Nurcan claims first gold
Turkey's Nurcan Taylan takes the first weightlifting gold with a world record effort in the 48 kg class.