(Sports Network) - Women's weightlifter Chen Xiexia claimed China's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning the 48kg event on Saturday.
Sibel Ozkan of Turkey won silver and Chen Wei-Ling of Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Chen's gold, coming in the first wave of medals on the day after the opening ceremony, is the first of what is expected to be a large medal haul for the host Chinese.

China won 63 total medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, third behind only the United States and Russia.
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