her weightlifting grand slam by taking gold in Chinese National Games with a result of 125 kg in the snatch, 150 kg in the clean and jerk adding to 275 kg total. In the 2009 weightlifting world championships she wasn't able to sustain her supremacy over the 75 kilo weight class as Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan swept three gold medals, Cao following her to take silvers in all three disciplines. Later that year she represented her country in East Asian Games taking gold with routine performance of 252 kg total. On 12 January 2017 it was announced that because of a doping violation she had been retroactively disqualified from the 2008 Olympic Games. References External links Athlete Biography at beijing2008 Olympic Profile in Chinese Living people 1983 births Chinese female weightlifters Olympic weightlifters of China People from Qinhuangdao Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters from Hebei Weightlifters at the 2006 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Doping cases in weightlifting Chinese sportspeople in doping cases Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals World Weightlifting Championships medalists