Weightlifting Women’s 63kg Group A - Final - Maneza wins Gold - London 2012 Olympic Games Highlights

Weightlifting Women’s 63kg Group A - Final - Gold: Maiya Maneza (Kazakhstan) - Silver: Svetlana Tsarukaeva (Russian Fed.) - Bronze: Christine Girard (Canada) Highlights from the ExCeL at the London 2012 Olympic Games. -- 31 July 2012 Although men’s weightlifting has always been on the programme of the Olympic Games - except for at the 1900, 1908 and 1912 editions -- women started to participate only at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The Olympic weightlifting programme has evolved greatly over time.