It wasn't back-to-back golds, but Chris Murray was still delighted, as he produced a sterling effort to claim bronze in the men’s 79kg weightlifting category.
The 27-year-old lifted a combined 325kg to claim the final place on the podium thanks to a Snatch of 148kg and his Clean & Jerk totalling 177kg.
Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad came out on top with a Games record total lift of 331kg, just one kilogram ahead of Indian athlete Valluri Ajaya Babu.
Murray won gold at Birmingham 2022 and although he couldn’t repeat that feat, he was proud of his efforts.
He said: “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 so it is what it is.
"I knew today was going to be a tough day and the boys lifted out of their skin. 325kg is a best for me, it won me Commonwealth gold in 2022. So I can’t complain, I’m really, really happy. When everyone has their best day you can’t be disappointed if you lose out to the better man.
“The last Games was a mental challenge, this one was a physical one. 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."
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.
Noorin Gulam came seventh in the women’s 53kg class.
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