RIO DE JANEIRO? Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Meng Suping claimed the fifth weightlifting gold medal for China as she lifted a total of 307kg in the women's over 75kg category at the Rio Olympic Games here on Sunday.
China has collected five gold medals from the women's 63kg? 69kg? over 75kg? men's 56kg and 69kg categories? and took two silvers from the men's 77kg and 85kg categories.
After winning the competition? Meng kneeled down three times to thank the fans? who roared to support her after she failed in her first attempts? both in the snatch and jerk.
"It's also for all my supporters? my country and the amazing land Brazil?" she said.
"I came on the stage a little bit nervous? but I was able to stabalise and go forward with my weights?" Meng said.
The final was billed as a battle between Meng and Kim Kuk Hyang of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea? and so it proved.
Kim? bronze medalist at the 2015 World Championships? snatched the most of 131kg? and was being chased by Meng? who sat behind by just one kilo.
Meng? silver medalist at 2015 and 2014 World Championships? showed her prowess in the jerk as she lifted 177kg over her head for a winning total of 307kg after the 23-year-old Kim finished her 175kg jerk for a total of 306kg.
"I was happy that I made second? but I was sad I couldn't make first place?" Kim said.
Meng? 27? also gave China its fourth gold medal in the event after Ding Meiyuan won in 2000? Tang Gonghong in 2004 and Zhou Lulu four years ago in London.
"Honestly? before the competition I didn't really think about how much weight I planned to lift? I was just following my coach's directions and treating every lift as a lift by itself and I think the final result was pretty good."
Kim's silver gave DPR Korea its first medal in the highest weight class in weightlifting both in men and women.
Sarah Elizabeth Robles of the United States won the bronze with a total of 286kg.
"This has been very challenging mentally for me? trying to overcome my own self doubts and trying to erase the negativity of a lot of people around me?" Robles said. Enditem
Hundreds of demonstrators take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on August 13 cheap adidas nmd r1 , 2017, protesting white supremacists violence in Charlottesville of Virginia the day before. (Xinhua Photo)
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. President Donald Trump is under fierce criticism over the Charlottesville violence, there come voices from the United Nations urging the White House to "unequivocally and unconditionally" reject racist violent events.
CONDEMNATION ON RACIST VIOLENCE
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Wednesday issued a statement cheap adidas nmd chukka , calling on the United States and its high-level politicians to "unequivocally and unconditionally" reject and condemn racist hate speech and crimes in Charlottesville of Virginia State and throughout the country.
"There should be no place in the world for racist white supremacist ideas or any similar ideologies that reject the core human rights principles of human dignity and equality," the statement said.
"We are alarmed by the racist demonstrations, with overtly racist slogans, chants and salutes by white nationalists cheap adidas nmd r2 , neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan, promoting white supremacy and inciting racial discrimination and hatred," said CERD chief Anastasia Crickley.
"It is a sad day when the president of the United States has so thoroughly failed to denounce white supremacism that UN experts must warn the U.S. about the dangers of racism cheap adidas nmd r1 stlt ," Crickley said.
In addition to the criminal investigation of the individual who plowed his car into a crowd of protesters and killed a woman, the UN Committee asked the U.S. authorities to undertake concrete measures "to address the root causes of the proliferation of such racist manifestations."
"We call on the U.S. government to investigate thoroughly the phenomenon of racial discrimination targeting, in particular, people of African descent cheap adidas nmd xr1 , ethnic or ethno-religious minorities, and migrants," added Crickley.
Sherine Tadros, representative of Amnesty International at the United Nations cheap adidas ultra boost 3.0 , welcomed the UN's move, saying: "It is significant that the UN is speaking out publicly against the actions of the new U.S. administration, which it so far has been reluctant to do."
Earlier, when addressing questions on the situation in the United States cheap adidas ultra boost 4.0 , where the deadly violence in Charlottesville sparked discussions about race, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said "these demons are appearing a little bit everywhere."
The UN chief, who denied receiving pressure from Washington that would stop him from speaking out, stressed that racism cheap adidas superstar clr , anti-Semitism, xenophobia and islamophobia are poisoning human societies, saying it is "absolutely essential for us all to stand up against them everywhere and every time."
SHADOW OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
The United States has described itself as a "melting pot" and a country of freedom and democracy in which people of different colors and cultures live in tolerance and harmony. It is in the limelight worldwide when violence erupted in Charlottesville.
The decision by Charlottesville's city council to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a local public park sparked a white supremacist rally on Aug. 12 that later turned into violent clashes between rival protesters.
A 32-year-old woman was killed and 19 others were injured when a sports car driven by a suspected Nazi supporter plowed into a crowd protesting white supremacism. Two state troopers also died on that day in a helicopter crash after helping monitor the rally, demonstrations and clashes.
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