Weightlifting

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist

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Team Northern Ireland's Omar Keshta finished in seventh in the weightlifting +110kg final at the SEC Armadillo.

Keshta, making his Commonwealth Games debut in Glasgow, successfully lifted 142kg with his snatch, but failed on his final attempt to reach 145kg.

In the clean and jerk, he completed a lift of 177kg but was unsuccessful in his two attempts to then lift 183kg as he finished with a final score of 319kg.

The gold medal was won by New Zealand's David Liti with India's Lovepreet Singh taking silver and England's Andrew Griffiths claiming bronze.

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist in Glasgow

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It is a much quieter day for Team Northern Ireland athletes at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

At 09:55 BST at the SEC Centre, bowlers Gary Kelly and Adam McKeown face Pakistan in the men's pairs and they then take on New Zealand at 19:15

Shauna O'Neill is in women's singles action against Niue at 15:00.

Northern Ireland's netball team take on Australia at the Hydro at 16:00.

Omar Ketsha will compete in the weightlifting men's 110+kg final at the SEC Armadillo from 18:30.

Kate O'Connor will receive her gold medal for the heptathlon at the medal ceremony at Scotstoun Stadium at 18:30.

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England's Madias Ngake won silver in the women's 86kg weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The 34-year-old, who won a bronze medal when competing for Cameroon at the London 2012 Olympics, was making her debut for England and led the competition after the snatch section with a Commonwealth Games record lift of 111kg.

The Nottingham-based athlete then put in an effort of 128kg in the clean and jerk to take her total to 239kg, only for Australia's Eileen Cikamatana to come up with a 140kg lift to go with her previous 108kg and win the gold.

Canada's Rose Beaudoin (230kg) won the bronze medal.

"I really enjoyed myself, it wasn't my best performance but I'm okay with that," Ngake told TNT Sports.

"I was looking for a gold medal, maybe a 134 or 135 (kg in the clean and jerk).

"This ranks second behind my Olympic bronze medal."

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Isabella Brown clinched the silver medal for England in the women's 77kg weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games.

The 21-year-old from Ashford, Surrey, recovered from a slow start, in which she failed in her first two 97kg snatch attempts, to progress to the clean and jerk on her third and final lift of the first discipline.

Brown, who trains and goes to university in Nottingham, was fourth and outside the medal places going into the clean and jerk.

But she increased successfully on each attempt from 124kg to a personal best and Commonwealth Games weight class record of 132kg.

She lifted the heaviest weight on the clean and jerk by 2kg, but Samoa's gold medallist Seine Stowers already held a 10kg advantage from the snatch, meaning Brown finished 8kg behind with 239kg overall.

After winning her first senior medal at the 2025 European Championships when she took home bronze in the same category, Brown went one better in Glasgow, finishing 5kg clear of Wales' Laura Hughes in third.

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist

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Hannah Crymble and Katilin Saunders both failed to finish their respective women's weightlifting finals at the SEC Armadillo.

Crymble, who was competing in her second Games, did not place in the women's 63kg final on Tuesday while Saunders on her Commonwealth debut in Glasgow did not finish the women's 77kg final on Wednesday.

Crymble, 30, was unable to lift 84kg in the snatch as she exited the competition before the clean and jerk phase.

Saunders, a former gymnast and CrossFit athlete, successfully lifted 82kg with her first snatch attempt before failing in her next two attempts at 85kg.

In the clean and jerk, she did not complete an attempted lift of 106kg in her three efforts as she bowed out of the competition.

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist in Glasgow

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It's day six at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and there are plenty of Team Northern Ireland athletes in action.

Bowlers Gary Kelly and Adam McKeown play their first men's pairs match at the SEC Centre from 08:30 BST against Tonga.

Shauna O'Neill is also in women's singles action against New Zealand at 16:25.

At the SEC Armadillo, Kaitlin Saunders will compete in the weightlifting 77kg final from 09:30.

It's a busy day of athletics action at Scotsoun, with Kate O'Connor vying for a gold medal in the second day of the heptathlon.

O'Connor and Anna Macaulay will go in the women's long jump at 10:05 and javelin at 12:05.

The 800m will take place in the evening session at 20:55.

Commonwealth Games debutant James Gormley will go in the first round of the men's one mile at 11:10.

There are some more swimming heats at the Tollcross Swimming Centre from 10:30.

Ellie McCartney will go in the women's 200m breaststroke at 10:34 and Olympic champion Jack McMillan in the men's 200m freestyle at 11:02.

Northern Ireland's men's and women's sides will both go in the 4 x 100m medley relay heats at 11:40 and 11:58.

If they progress the finals will take place from 19:00 the same evening.

Daniel Wiffen will go in 1500m final at 20:44 as he aims to add a Commonwealth medal to the Olympic bronze he won in the same event two years ago.

It's a busy day for the boxers, with six of the squad in action at the SEC Centre and all of them are just one win away from securing a medal.

Caitlin Fryers will fight in the women's flyweight 51kg quarter-final at 12:15 against India's Sakshi Sakshi.

Reigning champion Michaela Walsh takes on Scotland's Lara Brown in the women's featherweight 57kg quarter-final at 12:45.

At 19:15 Janssen Hill comes up against England's Chantelle Reid in the women's light-middleweight 70kg.

Jude Gallagher, who won bronze in 2022, is in action at 19:30 in the men's lightweight 60kg against Albert Ngulube from Zambia.

Jon McConnell fights Bahamas' Carl Hield at 20:15 in the men's light-middleweight 70kg while Willie John McCartan is up against Ghana's Daniel Plange in the men's super-heavyweight 90+ kg at 21:00.

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England's Sarah Davies Smale had to settle for Commonwealth Games silver in the final of the women's 63kg weightlifting as Canada's Maude Charron claimed gold in Glasgow.

The 33-year-old from Preston, a gold medallist at the Birmingham Games four years ago, was in trouble early in the competition when she failed with her first two lifts in the snatch section of the competition.

A lift of 95kg with her third attempt put her through to the clean and jerk where she managed 122kg to guarantee herself at least silver.

With Canada's Charron leading the way, Davies Smale needed to raise the bar to 138kg with her final effort to take the gold but could not complete the lift.

Femily Crystie-Notte of Nauru took the bronze medal.

"The snatch portion was on brand, I felt strong but just couldn't quite feel where the bar was today," Davies Smale told TNT Sports.

She now has two silver medals and a gold from her four Commonwealth Games but is not ruling out competing at the 2030 competition in Ahmedabad.

"I'm lucky to be in the position I am and have the support I have. The National Lottery stuff allows me to keep training, keep my coaches, nutritionists and the whole team so as long as we can keep doing it we'll see where we end up."

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Charlotte Whalley finished eighth in the 63kg weightlifting competition.

Whalley was a late addition to Team Wales after receiving a reallocated qualification spot.

She combined for 186kg after an 82kg snatch and a personal best of 104kg in the clean and jerk.

Canada's Maude Charron took gold with a Commonwealth Games record score of 232kg.

Both her 102kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk were Games records, with England's Sarah Davies Smale claiming silver with 217kg.

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist in Glasgow

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It's a busy fifth day of action for Team Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Kate O'Connor and Anna Macauley get under way on day one of the heptathlon at Scotstoun Stadium from 10:00 with the hurdles and high jump.

They will then take part in the shot put and 200m in the evening session from 18:30.

There are more swimming heats at the Tollcross Swimming Centre. Ellie McCartney will go in the women’s 200m individual medley at 10:43.

Matthew Hamilton will take part in the men's 50m butterfly at 11:13 while Danielle Hill, Grace Davison and Emily Hughes will race in the women's 50m freestyle at 11:29 and 11:31.

Paddy Johnston will go in the men's 100m backstroke at 12:19 and Team NI will go in the mixed four x 100m medley relay heats at 12:37.

Should the various swimmers progress to the semi-finals and finals they will take place from 19:00.

Danielle Hill will compete in the women's 50m backstroke final at 20:36.

Chloe Wilson and Shauna O'Neill will be in the women's pairs bronze medal match against Wales at the SEC Centre 10:10 BST.

Gary Kelly is in action in the men's singles bronze medal match against Australia at the SEC Centre from 11:30.

O'Neill will then compete in the women's singles at 17:50 against Botswana.

A number of Team NI boxers are one win away from a medal as quarter-final action gets under way at the SEC Centre.

Kaci Rock will fight Niue's Karen Te Ruki Pasene at 13:00 in the women’s welterweight 65kg.

Garyn McAllister will take on Ghana's Jibril Muntari at 14:45 in the men’s heavyweight 90kg.

Nicole Clyde will face India's Preeti Preeti at 18:00 in the women's bantamweight 54kg quarter-final.

In artistic gymnastics, Ewan McAteer goes in men's vault final at the Glasgow International Arena at 13:00.

Hannah Crymble will compete in the weightlifting women's 63kg final at the SEC Armadillo from 14:00.

In netball, Northern Ireland play their fourth pool game against South Africa at the Hydro at 14:00.

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Chris Murray was unable to defend his Commonwealth Games title in the men's 79kg weightlifting final but he did claim the bronze medal in Glasgow.

The 27-year-old won gold in Birmingham four years ago when he lifted a personal best 325kg in total in his snatch, and clean and jerk lifts.

Murray matched that total on Monday, but Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad was triumphant with a 331kg total - a Commonwealth Games record.

"The last Games was a mental challenge, this one was a physical one," said Murray. "It's just good to be back lifting relatively pain free after a number of injuries. I won't lie, it aches a bit already but that's nothing a few beers won't fix.

"Lifting 325kg won me Commonwealth gold in 2022, so I can't complain. I'm really, really happy.

"I'm buzzing, it's obviously not the colour I wanted, I would have loved to have gone back to back but two very worthy people to have beaten me."

Muhammad, 26, follows in the footsteps of his father, Hidayat Hamidon, who won weightlifting gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

India's Valluri Ajaya Babu took the silver with a total of 330kg, which included a 149kg snatch.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Chin finished fourth in the men's 71kg category with a total score of 299 and Eliza Pratt came fourth in the women's 58kg with a score of 196.

Chin, from Northampton, balances competing in weightlifting with a medical career.

"I've just finished my last rotation of foundation training and my last rotation was a GP rotation, which helped me massively during training," said the 32-year-old.

"It was a bit more regular with my work pattern - no nights, no weekends - and it allowed me to train a lot more consistently.

"I think the entire GP practice I'm working at all tuned in to watch me. They've been super-helpful with allowing me to have time to train after work and adjust my schedule slightly to benefit me."

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist at SEC Armadillo

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Team Northern Ireland weightlifter Harrison McGrogan finished fifth in men's 71kg at the SEC Armadillo.

The 18-year-old, who was making his Commonwealth Games debut, scored 128kg in the snatch.

He failed to lift 133kg in his second and third attempts as the bar slipped from his grasp on both occasions.

He successfully lifted 160kg in his first attempt at the clean and jerk before failing at 167kg and 172kg as again he struggled with his grip on the bar in those two attempts.

That gave him a final score of 288kg, 10kg behind England's Jonathan Chin in fourth.

McGrogan explained after the competition that a cut on his hand sustained in the warm-up was aggravated when he was doing his first snatch and it had an impact on the rest of his lift attempts.

"I feel like I was better than fifth, I feel like I should have been in the medals but it is tough when you can't hold onto the bar," he told BBC Sport NI.

"I got a massive blood blister when I was warming up and then when I did my first snatch the whole thing ripped off so it was hard to lift the bar after that."

Nigeria's Joseph Edidiong Umoafia claimed gold as he set new Commonwealth Games records in both the snatch and clean and jerk.

He lifted 147kg in the snatch and 172kg in the clean and jerk for a final score of 319kg, which was also a new record and 4kg ahead of Samoa's John Lautafi Tafi in second.

Nauru's Ezekiel Moses took the bronze medal.

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI Journalist in Glasgow

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There's lots of Team Northern Ireland athletes in action on the fourth day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with Rhys McClenaghan and Daniel Wiffen both going for gold.

Harrison McGrogan will make his Commonwealth Games debut in the men's 71kg weightlifting final at the SEC Armadillo from 09:00 BST.

At the Tollcross Swimming Centre, Paddy Johnson will be in the men's 200m butterfly heats at 10:30.

Danielle Hill and Lottie Cullen will take part in the women's 50m backstroke heats at 10:57 and Jack McMillan and Matthew Hamilton will go in the men's 100m freestyle heats at 11:09.

Should they all progress through their heats, the semi-finals or finals of all those events will take place in the evening from 19:00.

Wiffen will go in the 800m final at 20:37 in the evening session as he seeks a first Commonwealth gold.

There is more boxing action at the SEC Centre with four Team NI boxers in action.

Caitlin Fryers will fight in the women's flyweight 51kg round of 16 against Zinnat Ferdous from Bangladesh at 11:15.

At 13:45, Eoghan Quinn will take on Jade Micock from Seychelles in the men's light-heavyweight 80kg round of 16.

Jude Gallagher will fight in the men's lightweight 60kg round of 16 at 19:00 as he takes on Pakistan's Qudrat Ullah.

Jon McConnell will face India's Sumit Sumit in the men's light-middleweight 70kg round of 16 at 20:30.

Para-athlete Eve Walsh Dann is out at the Scotstoun Stadium at 13:16 in the women's T38 first round 100m. If she makes it through, the final will take place at 19:50.

At the Glasgow International Arena, McClenaghan will compete in the men's pommel horse final at 15:00.

Team Northern Ireland's netball squad will play their third game at the Hydro at 16:00 against Tonga as they seek their first win.

Gary Kelly is in men's single sectional play action against South Africa's Wayne Rittmuller at 16:10 at the SEC Centre.

He will progress to the evening's semi-finals at 20:40 if he wins one set against Rittmuller.

He can afford to lose 0-2 as long as New Zealander Shannon McIlroy doesn't win his final two games in straight sets and overturn a shot difference that stands at +45 to +16 in Kelly's favour.

Jane Lewis
BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

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It has been quite the summer for weightlifter Alex MacKay.

In between training for her first Commonwealth Games, she graduated with a medical degree from Dundee University.

You would forgive her for not, in her own words, performing at her best, as the 23-year-old finished seventh in the women's weightlifting 49kg category.

But she relished her Commonwealth Games debut - and is keen for more.

"I'm really happy with that performance," she said. "It's not quite personal best for me, but the atmosphere from the crowd, it was incredible. I had so much fun and I am very proud of myself for that.

"I'm hoping this is my first Games of many. Definitely looking for India 2030. Hopefully a few other target comps along the way."

MacKay will have to fit her training and competing around her medical career, which starts this week at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Newcastle, but she seems determined to do just that.

"I think my biggest lesson, even from the whole build up, is it just won't be straightforward all the time," she said. "Sometimes you're going to have so many challenges that make it not as you had planned in your head.

"I'm always very organised. I like things to be how I like it. So this has been far from easy for me to be here and just have such a good time."

MacKay was involved in a special final, with India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu winning the gold while posting two Commonwealth records.

"Honestly, some of the other girls in my group are incredible," the Scot added. "I really do aspire to lift the weights that they do. I'm obviously a little bit more down in the group, not really in medal contention this year, but I'm hoping for the next Games that that would be something I've got my eye on."

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English powerlifter Matthew Harding won Commonwealth Games silver in the heavyweight category with a points total of 131.

The former Paralympic swimmer failed in his final attempt to lift 202kg but his successful 199kg lift in the second round was enough to secure the silver.

Riluwan Idris got the gold for Nigeria, while Jhandu Kumar of India earned the bronze.

It rounds out a successful day in powerlifting for England athletes, who also earned a gold through Mark Swan and a bronze for Olivia Broome in the lightweight category.

However, Louise Sugden missed out after coming fourth in a record-breaking heavyweight women's event.

Nigeria's Folashade Oluwafemiayo set a world record twice, lifting 172kg and then 175kg on her way to gold.

The heavyweight category, designated for athletes with a body weight over 72kg for men and over 61kg for women, is decided by a formula to rank lifts fairly against the athletes' body weight.

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England's Olivia Broome claimed a bronze powerlifting medal in the lightweight category with a points total of 106.6.

The 25-year-old completed a lift of 119kg to secure a place on the podium, adding to the silver medal she took at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Broome also took bronze in the 2020 and 2024 Paralympics.

Esther Nworgu and Esther Oyema earned gold and silver for Nigeria, with points totals of 119 and 115.5 respectively.

England team-mate Charlotte McGuinness came fifth with a lift of 110kg, leaving her with a points total of 96.9.

The lightweight category, designated for athletes with a body weight up to and including 61kg, is decided by a coefficient formula to rank lifts fairly against the athletes' body weight.

Broome's bronze is England's second medal at the 2026 Games following Mark Swan's gold in the men's event.

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England's Mark Swan won the first gold medal of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a dramatic victory by two decimal points in the lightweight powerlifting competition.

The 25-year-old completed a lift of 222kg - more than three times his body weight - to finish tied with Nigeria's Roland Ezuruike on 153.9 points going into the final round.

Both athletes failed with their final lifts, but Swan took gold based on a coefficient format related to the respective athletes' body weight.

The Englishman, from Seaham in County Durham, told BBC Sport: "To realise that I'd won, it's hard to believe. I thought I'd maybe got a bronze.

"My coaches said 'no Mark, you've won', but I couldn't believe it. It hasn't sunk in yet, but I'm sure it will.

"To get the first medal, especially gold, for Team England in the very first medal event, it's absolutely huge."

Swan, who won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022, attempted a world record-equalling lift of 232kg in his final attempt but was unsuccessful.

The lightweight category, designated for athletes with a body weight up to and including 72kg, is decided by a formula to rank lifts fairly against the athletes' body weight.

England's Olivia Broome claimed the bronze medal in the women's lightweight category with a points total of 106.6.

The 25-year-old completed a lift of 119kg to secure a place on the podium, adding to the silver medal she took at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Team-mate Matthew Harding won silver in the heavyweight category with a points total of 131.

The former Paralympic swimmer failed in his final attempt to lift 202kg but his successful 199kg lift in the second round was enough to secure the silver.