Record-breaking Deb eyes Beijing (Queensland Times)- About: Weight Loss News

In her first weightlifting competition since recovering from a serious injury, she smashed the Australian record twice during Saturday’s State League event at Chandler. Lovely, 24, had spent the previous nine months overcoming a nasty ankle fracture, suffered representing Queensland at last year’s Australian women’s rugby championships in Sydney. Lovely first broke Caroline Pileggi’s 2001 Australian record of 102kg with a 105kg snatch in the Queensland Weightlifting Association supers division (75+kg) on Saturday. The multi-talented sportswoman was equally impressive in the clean and jerk competition, opening with a 125kg lift before raising the Australian record to 131kg. Saturday’s incredible comeback keeps the 2004 Athens Olympian on target to represent Australia again at the Beijing Games in August. read more

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