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Commonwealth Games: Day 11 of competition

  • Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Live Blogs

the bottom there of all the country's who have won gold medals is Kiribati, the Pacific Island whose weightlifting

whopping 38 per cent of the vote is Kiribati's first ever Commonwealth Games medal, a gold, in the weightlifting


Nigeria celebrate powerlifting cleansweep at Glasgow 2014

  • Powerlifting News

By Nick Butler at the Clyde Auditorium in GlasgowAbdulazeez Ibrahim won the men's heavyweight competition here tonight to conclude a day of utter domination for Nigeria as they won all four gold medals available in the sport.

advert for the sport as hundreds of fans created a similarly frenzied atmosphere to that seen in the weightlifting


Former 400 metres world champion Montsho tests positive for drugs at Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

By Nick Butler at the Main Press Centre in GlasgowBotswana's former world 400 metre champion Amantle Montsho has become the second athlete to fail a doping test here at Glasgow 2014.

weightlifter Chika Amalaha in a sample submitted shortly after the 16-year-old won the gold medal in the 53kg weightlifting

New Guinea.Chika Amalaha has been stripped of the gold she was initially awarded in the under 53kg weightlifting



Australian weightlifter ordered to pay compensation after headbutting Welsh athlete

  • Glasgow 2014

By Nick Butler at the Main Press Centre in GlasgowAustralian weightlifter Francois Etoundi has had his accreditation revoked and been ordered to pay £400 ($673/€500) compensation after admitting to assaulting Welsh rival Gareth Evans here in the Athletes' Village earlier this week.

that an appropriate punishment, taking into account that Etoundi faced disciplinary action from his weightlifting


Paul Osborne: Losing yourself in the magic of Glasgow 2014

  • Inside the Blogs

these Games.A job they have done brilliantly.David Katoatau's gold-medal winning performance in the weightlifting

sevens; or David Katoatau securing Kiribati's first ever Commonwealth Games medal with gold in the weightlifting


Commonwealth Games: Day nine of competition

  • Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Live Blogs

stated are BritishBREAKING: Nigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha has been stripped of her under 53kg weightlifting

the first Scottish medal on the apparatus. smckane @insidethegames saw 1 of your team backstage at weightlifting

Amalaha stripped of weightlifting gold medal16:20 Some breaking news to report now as we get confirmation

agents under class s5 of the World Anti Doping Agency Prohibited List.The gold medal for the woman's weightlifting


Commonwealth Games: Day eight of competition

  • Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Live Blogs

The press box at the weightlifting has much more space now the Singapore journalists have just packed

They have won a total of 28 medals, including 10 gold - every single one in weightlifting.

There is Royalty here for the last day of Glasgow 2014 weightlifting with Prince Imran, the Malaysian

The Glasgow 2014 weightlifting is closing with the over 105kg competition - the real heavyweights of

"- Editor Duncan Mackay at the weightlifting. Is there any song he is not familiar with?



Kiribati claims historic first Commonwealth Games gold medal

  • Weightlifting

By Gary Anderson at the Clyde Auditorium in GlasgowHistory was made here tonight as the remote Pacific island of Kiribati won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal and it came in the form of gold from weightlifter David Katoatau, who sealed his win in truly dramatic fashion in front of a packed arena.

I want to thank the people of my country and the Oceania Weightlifting Institute."

2006 when Alleyne Francique won silver in the men's 400m.Kiribati also became the 22nd CGA to win a weightlifting


Triple wresting gold for Canada as Indians falter at Glasgow 2014

  • Wrestling

By Gary Anderson at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference CentreCanadian freestyle wrestlers claimed a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games gold medals here at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), while Nigeria came away with two wins, but it was a bad night for India who had four athletes lose in their respective finals.

making the SECC their own as they cheered on another Commonwealth victory that puts them third on the weightlifting


Commonwealth Games: Day seven of competition

  • Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Live Blogs

I want to thank the people of my country and the Oceania Weightlifting Institute.

ground-breaking victory. 22:54 Some facts and figures on David Katoatau's historic victory in the 105kg weightlifting

The halfway point in the men's 105kg weightlifting has been reached here at a packed Clyde Auditorium

"- Reporter Gary Anderson at the weightlifting.20:46 I have been boring my colleagues with this story

Gosh, that all seems a long time ago now. 18:24 And that weightlifting result is now confirmed.


Commonwealth Games: Day six of competition

  • Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Live Blogs

Weightlifting gold for Papua New Guinea22:21 Some more reaction to the first gold for Papua New Guinea

the clean and jerk section of the 94kg weightlifting.

"- Editor Duncan Mackay enjoying the atmosphere at the men's weightlifting.10:38 A Jamaican one, two,

"- Reporter Paul Osborne has made his way to Hampden ParkShooting, weightlifting and wrestling medals

My first experience of live weightlifting was the women's 53kg competition on Friday.


Nigeria's 16-year-old gold medal winning weightlifter fails doping test at Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

By Nick Butler at the Main Press Centre in GlasgowNigerian weightlifter Chika Amalaha has registered the first positive doping test of Glasgow 2014 and, pending the outcome of her B sample, will be stripped of the gold medal she won in the 53 kilogram competition on Friday (July 25).

won at London 2012 due to failed tests.Furthermore, the result is a further blemish on the sport of weightlifting