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Weightlifting News

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• Perdue reaches Olympic B standard - Welsh weightlifter Natasha Perdue lifts the Olympic B qualifying standard with a PB at the European Championships in Turkey.
• Smith achieves Olympic standard - GB weightlifter Zoe Smith achieves the Olympic 'A' standard for London 2012 and finishes fourth at the European Championships.
• Smith aims for Paris Olympic lift - Britain's Commonwealth bronze medallist Zoe Smith believes she can achieve the Olympic qualifying standard at the World Weightlifting Championships in Paris on Tuesday.
• British pair lift Olympic marks - Britain's Peter Kirkbride and Natasha Perdue both achieve the Olympic qualifying B standard at the London Prepares Weightlifting International Invitational test event.
• Kirkbride eyes injury-free 2012 - Britain's Peter Kirkbride hopes he can focus on attaining weightlifting's Olympic 'A' standard after an injury-hit 12 months.
• Smith admits funding axe was right - Commonwealth bronze medallist Zoe Smith admits British Weightlifting were right to cut her personal Olympic funding last year.
• Oliver records new PB at Worlds - British Olympic hopeful Jack Oliver sets new personal bests in the 77kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships in Paris.
• Briton Smith sets personal bests - Britain's Zoe Smith sets two personal bests at the World Weightlifting Championships in Paris but opts not to go for the Olympic 'A' qualifying mark.
• Injured Smith to miss Euro Youths - Commonwealth bronze medallist Zoe Smith will miss the European Youth Championships due to a back injury.
• Record-breaking Collier claims British youth title - Teenager lifter Alex Collier from Manchester breaks two national records en route to claiming the 69kg British Youth championship title in Lilleshall, Shropshire.