Have some of that, trolls! Teenage record breaker Zoe Smith silences vicious Twitter bullies with inspiring Olympic performance

18-year-old lifted 121kg in the clean and jerk round

Said it was 'two fingers up' to the online bullies

Lost 7lbs in two weeks in order to qualify





Fresh-faced Zoe Williams doesn't look like your average weight lifter.



But the 18-year-old Londoner has smashed a British record by lifting TWICE her body weight during the 58kg Weightlifting event, and took the opportunity to slam the online bullies that have tried to sour her Olympic campaign.

Miss Smith has been the subject of vile internet abuse since appearing on a documentary earlier this year, with anonymous Twitter trolls telling her she looks like a 'lesbian' and a 'bloke'.

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Great Britain's Zoe Smith lifts 121kg in the Women's 58 kg division of Weightlifting

And yesterday as the Team GB star aced the clean and jerk round of the weightlifting competition, beating her personal best and then breaking the British record, she took the opportunity to answer back in style.

She said: 'I gave it to them on the platform. It's two fingers up to them, basically. What are you doing with your life? I've just competed at the Olympics! Have some of that, trolls!'

Previously the outspoken athlete has hit back in powerful blog pieces saying that she and her fellow weightlifters ‘don’t lift weights in order to look hot’ for men and ‘couldn’t give a toss’ if it made them more attractive.

Zoe Smith out of Lycra and in red carpet mode



She wrote: ‘Most of the people that do think like this seem to be chauvinistic, pig-headed blokes who feel emasculated by the fact that we are stronger than them. Simple as that.’



She added that it was particularly ‘sad’ to see abuse from girls who labelled her ‘weird’ for her muscular physique.



‘You’d think that young women around the same age as us would commend us,’ she added.

‘But apparently we’re “weird” for not constantly eating c**p, binge drinking regularly and wearing the shortest, tightest dresses that the high street has to offer.’

Miss Smith has always refused to bow down to the internet bullies, often retweeting messages and naming and shaming the culprits, and has received praise from anti-bullying organisations and fans for her behaviour.

Zoe had had to lose almost 7lbs on a restricted diet over two weeks to qualify for the 58kg weight group