Olympia: Weightliver Müller swamps seven place

The former European champion Nico Müller has missed a medal in weightlifting in the Olympics in Tokyo. The 27-year-old Obrigheimer brought in the class up to 81 kg 159 kg in tearing and 195 kg in the bumping to the high line and thus came in the duel with 354 kg rank seven.

The gold medal won world champion Lyu Xiaojun (374/170 kg breaking + 204 kg) from China. In the eighth decision it was already the fifth gold for China. Zacarias Bonnat Michel (367/163 + 204) from the Dominican Republic took silver, bronze secured the Italian Antonino Pizzolato (365/165 + 200).

Müller was the last of four athletes and athletes of the Federal Association of German Weight Lifters (BVDG) on the competitive coal in the Tokyo International Forum. Simon Brandhuber (Speyer) had become up to 61 kg for the kick-off in class up to 61 kg. At the women, Lisa Marie Schweizer (Speyer / to 64 kg) and Sabine Kusterer (Durlach / to 59 kg) came in their weight classes in each place in ten.

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The last German Olympia medal in weightlifted won Matthias Steiner 2008 in Beijing when he got gold in a highly emotional competition in the super-heavyweight.