The last lift in the weightlifting events at the Beijing Olympics helped German lifter Matthias Steiner to be crowned in the men's +105kg category on Tuesday.

Steiner, the silver medalist of 2008 European championships, made an amazing lift in his last attempt, jerking 258kg, totaling 461kg.

He overtake Russian Evgeny Chigishev, who finished the game earlier with a total of 460kg, to claim the title.

The overjoyed Steiner knelt down on the floor, kissed barbells, hugged with his coach and burst into tears.

Russian veteran Chigishev, the runner-up at 2006 world championships, succeeded in all his six attempts. He snatched 210kg and jerked 250. He was ranked first when he finished earlier before Steiner and Latvian lawmaker Viktors Scerbathihs.

When he successfully lifted 250kg, he was very excited and waved to the spectators.

World champion Scerbathihs, who snatched 206kg, chanllenged Chigishev's first position with an attempt of 257kg. However, he failed. He finished with 242kg in the clean and jerk session and got the bronze with a total of 448kg.

Steiner, who only snatched 203kg and failed his first jerk attempt of 246kg, also decided to make a last try after succeeding in 248kg. He ordered 258kg, and made it.

(Xinhua News Agency August 19, 2008)