Competing at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) Armadillo, Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali smashed the Commonwealth Games record with a lift of 197kg on July 29 to deliver Malaysia's fifth weightlifting gold.

Mohamad Syahmi edged his Canadian rival Alex Bellemarre by one kilo in dramatic Commonwealth triumph to take the top spot.

While Australia’s Oliver Riley Saxton took bronze with an overall lift of 336kg.

The 22-year-old secured the title with a combined lift of 347kg, comprising 150kg in the snatch and 197kg in the clean and jerk.