Weightlifting - Tanasan takes first gold for Thailand

2016 Rio Olympics - Weightlifting - Victory Ceremony - Women's 48kg - Riocentro - Pavilion 2 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. Sri Agustiani (INA) of Indonesia, Sopita Tanasan (THA) of Thailand, and Hiromi Miyake (JPN) of Japan pose with their medals. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Sopita Tanasan of Thailand won the first weightlifting gold medal of the Rio Games, the women’s 48kg, becoming the fourth Thai woman to win Olympic gold in the sport.

Indonesia’s Sri Wahyuni Agustiani took the silver and Japan’s Hiromi Miyake, competing in her fourth Games, won thebronze.