China's Li Fabin defends Olympic gold; Hampton Morris takes bronze

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PARIS -- China's Li Fabin retained the 61kg Olympic weightlifting title with a dominant performance and total lift of 310kg at the Paris Games on Wednesday, coming up just short in a bid to break his own world record.

The three-time world champion led off with an Olympic record lift of 143kg with his third attempt in the snatch and all but assured himself of gold when he ho