David Liti wins Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold with dramatic final lift
New Zealand weightlifter David Liti claimed gold in the men's +110kg final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a remarkable last lift.
David Liti secured weightlifting gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a dramatic final clean and jerk of 223kg, overcoming a 10kg deficit going into the event. The lift came after a failed snatch attempt left him trailing India's Lovepreet Singh, but Liti's coach Tina Ball made the strategic decision to set an ambitious final weight that forced Singh back to the platform. Liti's successful lift made him a three-time Commonwealth Games medallist. New Zealand had a successful day overall, claiming seven medals across the Games.
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Commonwealth Games: Weightlifter David Liti scores gold for NZ
Earlier, shot putter Tom Walsh claimed silver and sprinter Anna Grimaldi also claimed bronze in the para 100m sprint.
Stuff
Watch: David Liti snatches gold with final lift after making up 10kg deficit
David Liti snatched a dramatic weightlifting gold for New Zealand with a huge final lift in the men’s +110kg final in Glasgow on Friday (NZ time).
Otago Daily Times
Golden sheen for weighlifter David Liti in Glasgow
Newstalk ZB
Commonwealth Games: David Liti claims weightlifting gold, as New Zealand wins seven medals
Weightlifter David Liti has become a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist after winning the men’s 110kg+ division, capping off a memorable day for New Zealand in Glasgow.
The Spinoff
I thought I wouldn’t cry this Commonwealth Games, then along came David Liti
In a scaled-back competition, sometimes it takes a smiling weightlifter to remind us all what makes the Commonwealth Games so great. There’s no greater zone of strategic tension in sport than that little fold-out table in the lifters’ area during…