Commonwealth Games: Zoe Newson wins powerlifting gold, Olivia Broome silver, while Mark Swan wins silver in men's final
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2022 Commonwealth Games |
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England's Zoe Newson took women's lightweight powerlifting gold at the Commonwealth Games as compatriot Olivia Broome won silver.
The 30-year-old - who thought she would have to give up powerlifting when she became pregnant with son Duncan in 2018 - scored 102.2, while Broome finished with a total of points tally of 100.
Englishman Mark Swan, 21, secured a silver medal in the men's event.
In the men's heavyweight final, Scotland's Micky Yule claimed bronze.
Newson's gold betters the bronze she won at Gold Coast 2018, while Kenyan Hellen Kariuki's 98.5 was enough for bronze.
Newson became pregnant shortly after those Games and returned to training about four months after Duncan's birth.
Nigeria's Onyinyechi Mark and Latifat Tijani - who might have challenged for gold - were disqualified from the event because they arrived 25 minutes late for the scheduled pre-competition kit check.
The Isle of Man's Kimberley Dean finished eighth with a score of 73.7.
Swan lifted a British record 199kg in the men's lightweight contest on his second attempt and then added to his points tally with a third lift of 202kg.
Matthew Harding of England finished sixth on 123.7.
Paralympic and two-time world champion Bonnie Bunyau Gustin of Malaysia won the gold medal, while Nigeria's Innocent Nnamdi was awarded bronze over team-mate Thomas Kure after the pair both finished level on 132.5 points.
The medal was decided by who successfully lifted the greater weight, which was Nnamdi with 190kg compared to Kure's 180kg.
Yule claimed his first Commonwealth Games medal in the city where he underwent life-saving surgery after being injured by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Afghanistan in 2010.
The 43-year-old former British Army staff sergeant also won bronze at the Paralympics in Tokyo last year.
India's Sudhir Sudhir was victorious in a tight men's heavyweight final, scoring 134.5 points to beat Nigeria's silver medallist Ikechukwu Obichukwu on 133.6.