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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia won the men' s 62kg weightlifting gold medal at the Rio Olympic Games on Monday.
Mosquera, silver medalist at the London Olympics, snatched 142kg and jerked up 176kg for a winning total of 318kg for the top honor.
Eko Yuli Irawan of Indonesia got the silver medal with a total of 312kg and Farkhad Kharki of Kazakhstan took the bronze in 305kg.
World record holder Chen Lijun of China quit in the snatch due to leg cramp.
