record in the clean-and-jerk Wednesday, lifting 297 pounds at the European Weightlifting Championships.

Skakun eclipsed her own record of 292.6 pounds, set last year, and won gold medals for her clean-and-jerk and combined score of 528 pounds in the women's 138.6-pound weight class.

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