Olympic champion Pawina Thongsuk won Thailand's second gold medal at the Doha Asian Games as she overcame the injured Ouyang Xiaofang in women's 63kg division to end China's clean sweep in weightlifting on Monday.

The 27-year-old's success marks only the second time in Asian Games history that China has failed to win gold in women's weightlifting, the first time being at Busan 2002 when DPR Korean Ri Song Hui took the 53kg event.

Chinese Liu Haixian and Li Hongli continued to steamroll the competition on the third day of weightlifting, when Liu, silver medallist in the 2005 world championships, took women's 63kg and Li, silver medalist in the 2006 worlds, dominated men's 77kg class.

China has captured all the six gold medals on offer during the first two day. After the third day, China has bagged eight golds and three silvers while Thailand followed with one gold, three silvers and one bronze. South Korea took the third with one silver and three bronzes.

Thongsuk, gold medalist in the women's 75kg in Athens, lifted a winning total of 252kg, breaking the world record of the jerk at 142kg, one kilogram more than the previous mark.

Ouyang, world champion in the 2006 worlds, took the silver at 247kg, while Faw Thaw Yae of Myanmar, 20, settled for the bronze at 227kg.

Ouyang strained her right knee when trying to jerk 137kg in the second lift and withdrew from the competition.

"Even if Ouyang had not injured her knee, I would have won the gold medal anyway. I am a fighter," said Thongsuk.

In women's 63kg division, Liu Haixia took the gold convincingly with a total of 265kg, surpassing her nearest rival by 30kg.

Pan Yar Thet of Myanmar claimed the silver with 235kg, while Kim Mi Kyung of South Korea won the bronze at 223kg.

In men's 77kg category, Li Hongli lived up to his billing as an overwhelming favorite by winning China's eighth gold in weightlifting.

The 26-year-old Li lifted 165kg in the snatch and 196kg in the clean and jerk for a winning total of 361kg, claiming the gold by a considerable margin of 20kg over Lee Jeong Jae of South Korea.

Harem Ali of Iraq totaled 341kg, the same with Lee, but had to settle for the bronze due to the heavier bodyweight.