ANAHEIM (Reuters) - An anticipated battle between two Olympic champions suffered an anticlimactic finish when Hsu Shu-ching's injury withdrawal left the way clear for Thailand's Sopita Tanasan to win gold at the weightlifting World Championships on Thursday.
A tearful Hsu, the Taiwanese world record holder and double Olympic champion at 53kg, injured her right elbow on her third snatch attempt and left for treatment at the Anaheim Convention Center before Sopita emerged for her first clean and jerk.
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