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second world record of the day with a weight of 138 kg. Omar responded with a final lift of 140 kg, putting Ejike into silver medal place. With her final attempt Ejike succeeded with her third world record of the day, and the gold medal when she completed a lift of 142 kg to make her a three time gold medal winner. As well as her gold medal success, Ejike was also honoured at Rio by being selected by her country to be the
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418:. She has represented her country at six consecutive
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