体坛英语新闻：Slivenko beats Chinese teen to win at Worlds

PARIS, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russian weightlifter Oxana Slivenko beat Chinese teenager Xiang Yanmei to win her third title in the women's 69 kilograms at the World Championships on Wednesday.

Slivenko won the gold with an aggregated 266 kg, 118 in snatch and 148 in clean and jerk. Her Russian teammate Tatiana Matveeva finished third with 253 kg.

The 19-year-old Xiang, who came to Paris at the absence of two-time Olympic champion Liu Chunhong, failed in her final clean-and-jerk effort to lift 151 kg, and had to settle for the silver with a total of 264 kg.

"The reason for my loss is I was not good enough," said Xiang.

"I am still young, and I am improving myself. From this competition, I could see that Slivenko is a little better than me, so I am sure I could beat her in the future," she said.