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Deng Wei and Shi Zhiyong won their events hours after one of the top female lifters, Lin Tzu-Chi of Chinese Taipei, was forced to withdraw from the competition because of an abnormal doping test.

Deng won the women’s 63-kilogram category, setting a world record total of 262kg. The previous record holder was Lin.

“Because this is my first Olympic Games, I was quite nervous,” Deng said. “But I set my goal to break the world record before coming to Rio, so this is actually within my expectations.”

The China Post said that Lin had tested positive for a banned substance just hours before the start of the contest, citing officials at its Olympic committee.

Later in the day, Shi continued China’s success by winning the men’s 69kg class.

In addition to Lin’s withdrawal, the International Olympic Committee disqualified two lifters from past Olympics for positive retests of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Games. One is from Turkey and the other from Armenia, but neither won a medal.

That followed months of scandals in the sport which depleted the field for the women’s 63kg. Defending champion Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan missed the Olympics after failing a drug test, while two of the top four from last year’s world championships were also out for doping-related reasons.

Deng took advantage, hoisting 147kg in the clean and jerk and 115kg in the snatch for her world-record total of 262kg. Deng’s clean and jerk lift also broke her own record by 1kg.

Choe Hyo Sim of North Korea took silver and Karina Goricheva of Kazakhstan earned bronze.

Shi won the other gold for China by lifting 162kg in the snatch and 190kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 352kg.

Shi, who shares his name with another Olympic champion Chinese weightlifter, said the older Shi Zhiyong pushed him on to victory. “‘You must deserve this name, respect this name’,” Shi said he was told. “That encouraged me.”

Daniyar Ismayilov of Turkey, who used to represent Turkmenistan, won silver, with Izzat Artykov of Kyrgyzstan taking bronze.

The older Shi, 36, won the 62kg title at the 2004 Athens Games to become a national hero and is now a government official.

The new Shi, a 22-year-old reigning world champion, was born Shi Lei but his coach had another suggestion.

“I was still young when I left my family to train and my coach gave me the new name. I did not know about the 2004 Olympics at that time,” he said.

“As I grew up I learned all about Shi Zhiyong and I am proud to say we met a few years ago.

“The name means wisdom and courage, and Shi told me that as I had his name I must never give up, and I should become a champion like him.

“I also owe so much to my coach, another great Olympic champion.”

That man is Zhan Xugang, who won gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996 and Sydney four years later.

STRASBOURG, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Europe is finally bouncing back after years of crisis and shows optimism for the future, said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in his annual State of the Union address on Wednesday.

Junker made the remarks to Members of the European Parliament gathered here for their first plenary session after the summer break.

Citing an all-time low in unemployment across the EU, strengthened European banks, and drops in public deficits, Juncker said "all of this leads me to believe the wind back in Europe's sails."

Juncker also outlined policy proposals for the coming year, including reinforced trade programs focusing on reciprocity, stronger protocols for foreign investment screening, new industrial policy to keep Europe competitive while becoming a vanguard in the fight against climate change, increased digital security online led by a new cyber security agency, and continued deepening of cooperation between EU member states on migration issues.

Throughout his description of proposals, Juncker celebrated the achievements, such as 8 million jobs created in the EU since the beginning of his term at the European Commission, or a 97-percent decrease in irregular migrant arrivals by sea since the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement.

To take advantage of this momentum, the European Commission president urged European leaders and MEPs to strive for a "stronger, more democratic Europe."

Laying out the details of a so-called "Scenario #6," or a European Commission White Paper published in March 2016 which outlined five possible scenarios for the future of the European Union, Juncker turned down what has been called a "multi-speed Europe." He argued for greater integration in nearly all areas of European functioning.

"The Euro is destined to become the common currency for the entire Union," he said.

Juncker refused calls, popularized by French President Emmanuel Macron when he was campaigning in 2016, to set up a separate parliament for countries using the common currency. "There is only one parliament for the Euro area: this one," he told the MEPs.

He also argued that all EU member states should be encouraged to join the banking union, saying that only joint efforts to limit and mitigate risks would lead to long-term economic stability.

"It is high time to bring Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen area," Juncker announced, adding that Croatia should also be brought into the free-movement zone as soon as it meets requirements.

In a similar manner, Juncker said that all members should contribute to a European Defense Union, arguing that such an initiative needs to be implemented by 2025.

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