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OLYMPIC silver-medallist Emily Campbell will be Team GB’s sole weightlifter at the Paris Games, it was announced today.
Campbell created history in Tokyo three years ago when she won silver in the 87kg+ category to become the first British woman to win a medal in weightlifting at the Olympics.
Nottingham-born Campbell was one of four British weightlifters at the Tokyo Games, but she will be the nation’s only representative this summer.
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