Olympic weightlifting: North Korea's Rim Jong Sim wins 69kg

North Korea win their third weightlifting gold medal at London 2012 as Rim Jong Sim takes the women's 69kg title.

The 19 year-old lifted 115kg in the snatch and 146kg in the clean and jerk for a combined total of 261kg.

Romania's Roxana Daniela Cocos took silver with 256kg on lower body weight, ahead of Belarusian Maryna Shkermankova in the bronze medal position.

Great Britain's Natasha Perdue lifted a total of 205kg to finish in 12th place.

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