American Samoan weightlifter expects to be elevated to Olympic silver medal after finishing fourth

The impending elevation of Samoa's Ele Opeloge to Olympic silver medallist is a victory for years of hard work by Pacific weightlifters, according to her coach.

Opeloge is poised to add an Olympic silver medal to her list of achievements after two of her competitors failed doping tests from the 2008 Beijing Games.

Opeloge initially finished in fourth place in the women's over 75kg division, one kilogram shy of the bronze medal winner.

But a re-analysis of samples from eight years ago have found the silver medallist, Olha Korobka from Ukraine, and bronze medallist, Mariya Grabovetskaya from Kazakhstan, tested positive for banned substances.

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