Canada's Alex Bellemarre breaks Commonwealth Games record in Men’s 94kg – Snatch
Canada’s Alex Bellemarre etched his name into Commonwealth Games history with a record-breaking performance in the Men’s 94kg Snatch competition.
Canadian weightlifter Alex Bellemarre won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, on July 29 competing in the men's 94kg category with a record breaking lift.
Bellemarre set an event record of 159kg in the snatch and lifted 187kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 346, finishing behind Malaysia's Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali, who won gold with 347.
Local media in his home country reports Alex Bellemare is the next rising star in weightlifting and he is currently Canada’s strongest man.
