Romania's Mihaela Cambei wins silver in 49kg weightlifting competition at Paris Olympics
<p>Romanian athlete <strong>Mihaela Cambei</strong> won the silver medal in the 49kg weightlifting competition at the Olympic Games.</p>

<p>It is the eighth medal Team Romania won at this year's Olympic Games. Romania currently ranks 14th in the medal tabel.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Chinese Hou Zhihui won the silver, while Thailand's Surodchana Khambao took the bronze medal.</p>

<p>Twenty-one-year-old Cambei, who is participating in the Olympics for the first time, won the gold medal last year in the women's 49 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships.</p>

<p>Carambei said she had been training for the event for the past two years and was hoping for the bronze medal but was not expecting to take the second place.</p>

<p>The last weightlifting Olympic medal for Team Romania was won by Nicu Vlad in 1996 at the games held in Atlanta.</p>

<p><em>(Photo: Cristian Nistor/ COSR Facebook page)</em></p>

<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com</em></p>