By Sportswriter Qi Zijian

     ATHENS, Aug. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Turkish weightlifter Halil Mutlu kept writing his legendary story in Athens by winning his third consecutive Olympic gold medal Sunday when strongwoman Udomporn Polsak became Thailand's first female Olympic gold medallist.

    Showcasing his dominant prowess in the men's 56kg class, Mutlu snatched 135kg and lifted 160 for a winning total of 295.0 with a comfortable margin of 7.5kg ahead of Chinese Wu Meijin who took the silver.