IWF World Championships: GB's Zoe Smith claims career-best sixth place

Great Britain's Zoe Smith claimed her best result at a World Championships with sixth place in the final of the -59kg class in Pattaya, Thailand.

Smith registered a total of 216kg after lifting 93kg in the snatch and 123kg in the clean and jerk.

A Commonwealth gold medallist at Glasgow 2014, Smith has moved from the -64kg division to the -59kg class to boost British Weightlifting's prospects of qualifying two women for Tokyo 2020 - with fellow Commonwealth medallist Sarah Davies in the heavier division.

In a recent interview with BBC Sport, Smith revealed her struggles with mental health since a serious shoulder injury ruled her out of the 2016 Rio Olympics and UK Sport ended all funding for British Weightlifting later that year.

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However, some funding has since been reinstated, boosting the fit-again Smith's hopes of featuring in Tokyo.

Results at the World Championships count towards Olympic qualification, and Smith had targeted a top-eight finish in Thailand.

Kuo Hsing-chun of Chinese Taipei won the -59kg class on Saturday, successfully defending her title with a 246kg total.