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Malaysia surpass gold target on Day Six

Malaysia Times desk Original: New Straits Times 7/30 07:38 X
Malaysia surpass gold target on Day Six
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GLASGOW: Malaysia surpassed their target of five gold medals on the sixth day of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games after national weightlifter Syahmi Nor Ghazali delivered the country's sixth gold in the men's 94kg event on Wednesday.

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Syahmi continued Malaysia's outstanding dominance in weightlifting by winning the title at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) Armadillo with a combined lift of 347kg.

He finished just one kilogramme ahead of Canada's Alex Bellemarre, who claimed silver with 346kg, while Australia's Oliver Riley Saxton took bronze with 336kg.

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Originally published
Jul 29, 2026
Updated here
Aug 15, 2026
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