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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 23 AUGUST 2017 Sport WEIGHTLIFTING ATHLETICS WEIGHTLIFTER Yazmin Zammit Stevens had an outstanding performance in the 63kg category at the World University Games in Taipei. Zammit Stevens has broken another 6 nationals records which means she has bro- ken 53 senior national records in her career. She placed an impressive 19th place overall on the world stage, surpassing athletes from USA, Denmark, New Zealand, Russia and Thailand. The competition in Taipei was definitely the biggest event so far for Zam- mit Stevens, however, you could not tell by her tremendous confidence on the platform. The snatch part of the event was proving to be difficult after her second attempt at 77kg was given 3 white lights by the referees but later changed to a no lift by the jury for an apparent elbow movement. She eventually failed her third attempt at 78kg which meant she was left with the 74kg lift she made on the first attempt (2 kilos under her best, and national record in this weight class) Determined to make up for the lost kilos, she successfully opened her clean and jerks with a 93kg lift, which was 2 kilos higher than her best in this weight class. Zammit Stevens eventually went on to make her second and third lifts at 96kg and 98kg which meant all 3 lifts were national records, breaking all 3 to- tal records along with it. Not only is as 98kg a whopping 7 kilos increase on her previous record, but it was a personal best lift (even in higher weight classes) of all times. Six national records broken in Taipei by Yazmin Zammit Stevens American distance runner Flanagan gets silver medal from 2008 Olympics DISTANCE runner Shalane Flanagan re- ceived her 2008 Olympic silver medal on Monday after the Turkish runner who fin- ished ahead of her tested positive for a per- formance enhancing drug, the U.S. Olym- pic Committee and USA Track & Field said. Flanagan was the bronze medallist in the 10,000 metres at the Beijing Games until second-placed finisher Elvan Abeylegesse was disqualified in March after a re-test of a 2007 sample showed positive for the banned steroid stanozolol. The USOC and USA Track & Field said Flanagan, who preferred not to have an of- ficial ceremony, received her silver medal at her home in Portland, Oregon, earlier on Monday. "Receiving my proper medal and having the record books changed is a dream come true," Flanagan, said in a statement. "I greatly appreciate the USOC's efforts to host a more formal medal ceremony in my honour, but with my coach and my family, I have decided to forego that option and in- stead celebrate in private. "This news, and receiving my medal, are all that I need to feel incredibly fulfilled and happy." The 2008 bronze medal previously owned by Flanagan, 36, has been returned to the IOC. Shalane Flanagan