Pakistani weightlifter brings home Pakistan’s first gold in the +109kg weightlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
On Wednesday, Nor Dastgir Butts breaks CWG records for gold as he delivers better than expected to lift 173kgs in snatch and 232kgs in clean and jerk, both Commonwealth Games records, to finish with a total of 405kgs.
“I have to win a medal, better than bronze, for my father and my country,” Nooh stated before the event.
Nooh has been consistently winning silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships from 2015 to 2017, along with holding several national records. Nooh also brought a bronze medal home from the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
Noor further stated “I can say that the stakes for the Commonwealth Games are so high for me because I want all these years of hard work — 12 to 14 years of my life — that I have put into at least show here. I want to win Olympics too. I would have if I was fit enough, but the bottom line is to win and make my country proud, to finally see better results.”
