Britain’s Zoe Newson missed out on the medals but there was a vivid spectacle nevertheless at the Tokyo International Forum
There was disappointment for Britain’s Zoe Newson in the powerlifting on Thursday, but a vivid spectacle all the same as the Chinese athlete Guo Lingling set a world record in a fourth, extra “powerlift” round.
Newson had been aiming for a medal at a third successive Games but fell well short of her personal best in a tense final riddled with incomplete lifts. But Lingling, who wascompeting at her first Games, gave a display of dominance,
BREAKING the Paralympic record with her very first lift.