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PNG lifter hoists five as veterans rack up Games

Loa Dika Toua, of Papua New Guinea, was the first women’s weightlifter when females made their debut at the 2000 Sydney Games. She was first-up yesterday in Tokyo for her fifth Olympics, setting a record for a woman in her sport. Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze will be the first woman at nine Olympics in any sport and Hiromi Miyake, of Japan, is another female weightlifter making her fifth Games.

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