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NZ Silver in 85kg Weighlifting

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STAS WINS SILVER!!!!!!!

Clutching a photo of his mum tightly in one hand and caressing his newly acquired silver medal in the other, Kiwi weightlifter Stanislav Chalaev stood on the dias in Delhi, paused for a moment, looked skyward and mouthed the words thank you.

In the wee hours of this morning, Chalaev – who emigrated to New Zealand from Russia with his mum as an 11-year-old just over a decade ago – became the country's latest medallist after finishing second in the under-105kg division.

Lifting 150kg in the snatch to equal his personal best and then following it up with a 184kg effort in the clean and jerk, the Auckland-based athlete known to his friends as "Stas" ensured his place amongst the medallist.

The result was a fitting reward for Chalaev whose mum Larissa Reid tragically passed away last year leaving him with no family in New Zealand.

Reid may not have physically been at the weightlifting venue this morning, but her presence was certainly felt as her son mustered up every ounce of strength in his body to lift his way to Commonwealth glory.

"I was happy that I had come away with a medal and I was thanking my mum for giving me a bit of a lift, you know," Chalaev said when asked about what he was thinking on the dias.

"She passed away last year about midway through the year.

"I don't have any family in New Zealand. But I do have my weightlifting family looking after me.

"I also have my partner's family who really help me out.

"There are a lot of people who have helped me out.

"It doesn't matter if they're not family because everybody comes together."

As the New Zealand flag began to rise above the weightlifting arena, Chalaev's coach Adam Storey was moved to tears.

But it wasn't a sense of overt patriotism that brought the tough character to his knees. It was seeing Chalaev achieve his dream through a staggering amount of adversity that left Storey struggling to contain himself.

"This medal means absolutely so much to Stas. I just can't believe that he put so much focus in and did it," Storey said.

"That inspiration just brought me to tears.

"When he was going up there to stand on the dias, I was crying like a baby. He's just unbelievable.

"I was absolutely speechless.

"With his mother passing, we were there first hand trying to get him through it.

"It was such a tragic time and we didn't think he'd be able to bounce back.

"But to bloody bounce back a year and a bit later and get a silver medal, honestly, what more could you ask for from the boy."

Ad Feedback Aucklander Tracey Lambrechs achieved personal bests in the snatch and the clean and jerk on her way to her fifth place finish in the women's 75kg plus weightlifting competition today.

Lambrechs, 25, achieved 99kg in the snatch and 127kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 226kg.

Going into the competition, her best in the snatch was 98kg and in the clean and jerk 122kg, so she set personal bests in both, and for her total.

"I'm very pleased," said Lambrechs. "To have set personal bests at the Commonwealth GamesI couldn't be happier."

She said she had found the competition a bit intimidating for a start, but that she had gained confidence as it went on.

The gold medal went to Samoan Ele Opeloge, who was outstanding in the 11-strong field. She snatched 125kg and clean and jerked 160kg for a world-class total of 285kg.

This placed her 30kg ahead of silver medallist Maryam Usman of Nigeria. Australian Deborah Acason was third with 245kg.

Massive Stas! Way to represent! :clap: :clap:

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STAS WINS SILVER!!!!!!!

Clutching a photo of his mum tightly in one hand and caressing his newly acquired silver medal in the other, Kiwi weightlifter Stanislav Chalaev stood on the dias in Delhi, paused for a moment, looked skyward and mouthed the words thank you.

In the wee hours of this morning, Chalaev – who emigrated to New Zealand from Russia with his mum as an 11-year-old just over a decade ago – became the country's latest medallist after finishing second in the under-105kg division.

Lifting 150kg in the snatch to equal his personal best and then following it up with a 184kg effort in the clean and jerk, the Auckland-based athlete known to his friends as "Stas" ensured his place amongst the medallist.

The result was a fitting reward for Chalaev whose mum Larissa Reid tragically passed away last year leaving him with no family in New Zealand.

Reid may not have physically been at the weightlifting venue this morning, but her presence was certainly felt as her son mustered up every ounce of strength in his body to lift his way to Commonwealth glory.

"I was happy that I had come away with a medal and I was thanking my mum for giving me a bit of a lift, you know," Chalaev said when asked about what he was thinking on the dias.

"She passed away last year about midway through the year.

"I don't have any family in New Zealand. But I do have my weightlifting family looking after me.

"I also have my partner's family who really help me out.

"There are a lot of people who have helped me out.

"It doesn't matter if they're not family because everybody comes together."

As the New Zealand flag began to rise above the weightlifting arena, Chalaev's coach Adam Storey was moved to tears.

But it wasn't a sense of overt patriotism that brought the tough character to his knees. It was seeing Chalaev achieve his dream through a staggering amount of adversity that left Storey struggling to contain himself.

"This medal means absolutely so much to Stas. I just can't believe that he put so much focus in and did it," Storey said.

"That inspiration just brought me to tears.

"When he was going up there to stand on the dias, I was crying like a baby. He's just unbelievable.

"I was absolutely speechless.

"With his mother passing, we were there first hand trying to get him through it.

"It was such a tragic time and we didn't think he'd be able to bounce back.

"But to bloody bounce back a year and a bit later and get a silver medal, honestly, what more could you ask for from the boy."

Ad Feedback Aucklander Tracey Lambrechs achieved personal bests in the snatch and the clean and jerk on her way to her fifth place finish in the women's 75kg plus weightlifting competition today.

Lambrechs, 25, achieved 99kg in the snatch and 127kg in the clean and jerk, for a total of 226kg.

Going into the competition, her best in the snatch was 98kg and in the clean and jerk 122kg, so she set personal bests in both, and for her total.

"I'm very pleased," said Lambrechs. "To have set personal bests at the Commonwealth GamesI couldn't be happier."

She said she had found the competition a bit intimidating for a start, but that she had gained confidence as it went on.

The gold medal went to Samoan Ele Opeloge, who was outstanding in the 11-strong field. She snatched 125kg and clean and jerked 160kg for a world-class total of 285kg.

This placed her 30kg ahead of silver medallist Maryam Usman of Nigeria. Australian Deborah Acason was third with 245kg.

Great stuff, Adam Storey has come a long way from the time I used to work with him as an instructor, same goes for Tracey both really decent individuals, way to go guys!!!

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I unintentionally caught his clean and jerk lifts this morning - had left the TV on when I went to bed, and it woke me up just as he was walking out for his first attempt 8)

Glad to have caught it and was worth staying up for, well done on the PB too, Danomyte :clap:

Oh and well done to Stas of course! Awesome story :clap:

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