Emily Campbell claimed Great Britain’s final medal of the Paris Olympics withbronze in the women’s +81kg weightlifting.
Team GB will end the Games with 65 medals, leaving them seventh in the overall medal table, and is one more than they won in Tokyo three years ago when Campbell won +87kg silver
A 30-year-old athlete secured a total of 288kg in weightlifting, achieving a 126kg lift in the snatch and 162kg in the clean and jerk.
She celebrated her performance with a cartwheel across the stage before congratulating gold medalist Li Wenwen of China and silver medalist Park Hye-jeong of South Korea.
The three athletes shared a heartwarming moment on the podium, with Campbell and Park extending their arms to celebrate Li, who jumped into the air in joy.
That’s it…
Another Olympic Games complete! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/eN6NnoBfXA
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 11, 2024
This achievement marks only the ninth Olympic weightlifting medal for Great Britain and the first time a British woman has reached the podium in this event.
Great Britain concluded the Games with 14 gold, 22 silver, and 29 bronze medals.
While the total medals bettered that of Tokyo, their total golds was significantly down from the 22 they collected in 2021.
