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Campbell defends Commonwealth weightlifting title with record-breaking lift

England's Emily Campbell has successfully defended her Commonwealth Games title in the women's +86kg weightlifting, setting a new Games record in Glasgow.

  • Emily Campbell lifted a Games-record total of 278kg to win gold in the women's +86kg weightlifting.
  • She also broke the clean and jerk Commonwealth record with a lift of 163kg.
  • Cyrille Tchatchet II secured a silver medal for England in the men's 110kg weightlifting final.

England's Emily Campbell has retained her Commonwealth Games title in the women's +86kg weightlifting, delivering a record-breaking performance in Glasgow. The 32-year-old secured gold with a Games-record total of 278kg, four years after her initial win in Birmingham.

Campbell's dominant display included a new clean and jerk Commonwealth record of 163kg, alongside a 115kg snatch lift. Her total weight surpassed Malaysia's Siti Aqilah Farhana Draman, who took silver with 253kg, by a significant 25kg.

In other weightlifting news for Team England, Cyrille Tchatchet II earned a silver medal in the men's 110kg final. Tchatchet, 30, lifted a total of 374kg, placing him second only to Fiji's Taniela Tuisuva Rainibogi's 378kg.

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