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Malaysia climb to seventh after weightlifting golden haul in Glasgow

Malaysia Times desk Original: New Straits Times 7/27 14:12 X
Malaysia climb to seventh after weightlifting golden haul in Glasgow
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia enjoyed their best day yet at the Commonwealth Games after the national weightlifting team delivered two gold medals and one bronze on Sunday/

From the original report

All the medals have so far come from the lifters, which put the national contingent seventh in the overall medal standings.

The breakthrough came through Aniq Kasdan, who captured Malaysia's first gold medal of the Games after producing a Games record total of 273kg in the men's 60kg competition at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) Armadillo.

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New Straits Times
Originally published
Jul 27, 2026
Updated here
Aug 15, 2026
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