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England’s Mark Swan powerlifts to Commonwealth Games’ first gold by fraction of a point

  • Swan edges out Nigeria’s Roland Ezuruike

  • ‘I thought I got third, I didn’t realise I won’

Mark Swan of England claimed the first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games after one of the closest finishes imaginable in the men’s lightweight para powerlifting competition.

The 25-year-old lifted 222kg – more than three times his body weight and roughly the equivalent of bench pressing a grand piano – to finish level with Nigeria’s Roland Ezuruike, 50, on 153.9 points after the second round of lifts.

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Jul 24, 2026 Commonwealth Games 2026 Gymnastics Commonwealth Games

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