Beijing - Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon was unbeatable in the clean and jerk as she won the women's 53-kilo featherweight weightlifting gold at the Beijing Olympics for Thailand.

Asian champion Prapawadee, 25, won with 221kg, leaving only the silver for Yoon Jin-Hee of South Korea and bronze for Nastassia Novikava of Belarus, who both lifted 213kg. Yoon got the silver owing to her lower weight at the pre-competition weigh-in.

Novikova and Prapawadee were tied on 95kg after the snatch portion, with Yoon on 94.

But Prapawadee then added an Olympic clean and jerk record 126kg for an undisputed gold which she received from Thai IOC member Nat Indrapana, with Yoon on 119kg and Novikova on 118kg.

It was the second straight gold for Thailand in the event following Udomporn Polsak's success 2004 in Athens.