Londoner eases past qualifying mark at the European Championships
Zoe Smith put in a commanding performance at the European Weightlifting Championships in Turkey to pass the Olympic qualifying A standard with ease.
The Greenwich-born athlete, 17, lifted 92kg in the snatch and 116kg in the clean and jerk to register a superb total of 208kg, well above the 196kg minimum required.
It was enough to earn Smith fourth place in the women's 58kg category - just outside the medal places and only seven kilograms behind the overall winner.
Her total eclipsed the 204kg she registered at November's World Weightlifting Championships in Paris, where she set two personal bests and broke more than a dozen British records.
Amazingly, Smith was competing in the heavier 63kg weight category back then and duly finished outside the top 10, but she has since focused on slimming down ahead of the Olympic Games in an attempt to boost her medal chances.
Helen Jewell, competing in the same category on Wednesday, failed to record an overall total and was therefore not placed in the final standings.
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