RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — World record holder Chen Lijun pulled out of the men's weightlifting 62-kilogram class because of leg cramps, which opened the class for Oscar Albeiro Figueroa Mosquera of Colombia to win gold at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Chen pulled out during the snatch round after he found treatment on the cramp to be "pretty useless."
"They tried to massage my leg, it was just not useful," he said. "It has never ever happened before."
Mosquera lifted 142 kilograms in snatch, 176 in clean and jerk and won bronze with a total score of 318 kilograms.