Glasgow 2026: Malaysia’s Muhammad Erry seeks to upgrade Birmingham silver and follow father’s path to gold
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GLASGOW, July 26 — In 1998, former national weightlifter Hidayat Hamidon stood proudly on the podium at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games with a gold medal around his neck.Now,...
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Now, 28 years later, his son Muhammad Erry has arrived in Glasgow with the same mission — to become a Commonwealth Games champion.
For Muhammad Erry, the men’s 79kg category competition at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) tomorrow (July 27) is not merely an opportunity to improve on the silver medal he won at the 2022 edition in Birmingham.
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