BANGKOK -- "Suu woi!" ("Fight!") It was a cry that brought a nation to its feet as Udomporn Polsak completed the lift that won her a gold medal for weightlifting at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens -- the first gold ever won by a Thai woman. That night, Thais cheered for a sport that many had never before heard of.
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Thailand's female weightlifters defy gender expectations
Athletes face stumbling blocks away from the Olympic platform
Pimsiri Sirikaew of Thailand focuses during the Women's 58 kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics in August 2016. She took home the silver medal that year, as well as four years earlier at the London Games.
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