Thai woman wins Olympic medal -- in weightlifting

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Pimsiri’s silver puts Thailand on the medal table

Weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew added 4 kilogrammes to her last lift, moving her from sixth to second to snatch Thailand's first medal of the Games.

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From the Bangkok Post

And what does her mom do to celebrate? She's going to enter a Buddhist convent for nine days.

Thai Medalist's Mom Rejoices by Becoming Nun

It sounds like I'm being facetious, but I'm not -- this is a awesome story (in the modern vernacular sense of the word awesome). She had to add 4kg on her final lift and achieve a personal best to jump from sixth place to second. 4kg may not seem like much If you've never trained with free weights before, but when you're talking about max lifts and personal records, it's a big jump.

And an interesting sidenote: she knocked a fellow Thai out of the bronze medal position to fourth place with her lift.

[deepthroat]

And if I recall correctly, the Thai woman that was expected to be their best chance of a medal had to drop out of the competition with an injury.