Just 28 days before the start of the Beijing Olympics, Chen Xiexia, a hot favorite for the Olympic women"s 48 kg weightlifting title, injured her left leg during training. The injury almost forced her to drop out of competition, but the 25-year-old managed to overcome the setback and lived up to expectations on August 9, the day after the opening ceremony, when she outclassed a handful of world-class competitors to win the gold medal, the host"s first gold at the Games.