BEIJING — Lu Yong won China's eighth weightlifting gold medal in dramatic fashion Friday, tying the world record set moments earlier by the silver medalist but taking the title because of his lower body weight.

The electrifying duel between Lu and two-time world champion Andrei Rybakou of Belarus lasted until the very last lifts of the men's 85-kilogram competition.

Rybakou thought he had won when he set a world-record total of 394 kg (868.6 pounds), but Lu equaled the score with his final lift.

Tigran Martirosyan of Armenia totaled 380 kg (837.8 pounds) to take the bronze.