Emily Campbell makes history by becoming Team GB's first-ever Olympic women's weightlifting medallist as she wins silver in the +87kg category... with New Zealand's transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard failing to register a lift Emily Campbell won a silver medal for Great Britain in the +87kg category Campbell won Team GB's first-ever women's Olympic weightlifthing medal Successive lifts of 156kg and 161kg sealed her historic place on the podium China's Li Wen took gold with Sarah Rowen of the US having to settle for silver Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard failed to register a lift and was eliminated By Press Association Sport Staff Published: 14:05 BST, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 14:05 BST, 2 August 2021 Viewcomments Emily Campbell landed the first women's Olympic weightlifting medal for Great Britain with silver in the +87kg category. Campbell went into the clean and jerk section of the competition in fourth place but successive lifts of 156kg and 161kg sealed her historic place on the podium. China's Li Wenwen twice broke the Olympic record as she took gold and Sarah Robles of the US had to settle for silver. Emily Campbell landed the first women's Olympic weightlifting medal for Great Britain Campbell won a silver medal with successive lifts of 156kg and 161kg in the +87kg category Laurel Hubbard, the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, was eliminated after the snatch section of the competition after failing to register a lift. The 27-year-old Campbell took bronze at the 2018 Commonwealth Games but announced her move into medal contention when she won this year's European Championships in Moscow. And she was able to head into the competition somewhat under the radar given the media circus surrounding Hubbard, whom Campbell always maintained fully deserved her place in the competition. China's Li Wenwen twice broke the Olympic record as she managed to win the gold medal Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard was eliminated having failed to register a lift But while Hubbard came up short with her first three lifts, Campbell moved into contention with a lift of 122kg in snatch, placing her behind Li, Robles and South Korea's Seon Mi-Lee. A fail by Lee on her final attempt gave Campbell her chance, which she seized by lifting 156. When Robles was denied on 157kg, Campbell improved her colour once more by lifting 161kg. As well as being Britain's first female weightlifting medallist, Campbell is also the first Briton to win a medal in the sport since 1984. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility