体坛英语新闻：Russian weightlifting Olympic champion dies

MOSCOW, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Russian weightlifting Olympic champion Arkady Vorobiev has died at the age of 88, the country's Weightlifting Federation said on Monday.

"On December 22, the outstanding athlete and scientist, two-time Olympic champion Arkady Vorobiev died at the age of 88," the federation said in a statement published on its website.

Vorobiev won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne and the 1960 Olympics in Rome in the under-90kg division.

He then became a doctor of medicine and wrote several books on weightlifting, local media reported.

He served in the marine infantry during the Second World War and was awarded with a Medal for Courage before starting his sports career.

The veteran became a five-time world and European champion, two-time Olympic champion in his extraordinary life. He entered the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1995.

The Russian Weightlifting Federation expressed its "deepest condolences" to the family and relatives of Vorobiev, said the statement.