Murray 'buzzing' after winning weightlifting bronze

Chris Murray was unable to defend his Commonwealth Games title in the men's 79kg weightlifting final but he did claim the bronze medal in Glasgow.

The 27-year-old won gold in Birmingham four years ago when he lifted a personal best 325kg in total in his snatch, and clean and jerk lifts.

Murray matched that total on Monday, but Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad was triumphant with a 331kg total - a Commonwealth Games record.

"The last Games was a mental challenge, this one was a physical one," said Murray. "It's just good to be back lifting relatively pain free after a number of injuries. I won't lie, it aches a bit already but that's nothing a few beers won't fix.

"Lifting 325kg won me Commonwealth gold in 2022, so I can't complain. I'm really, really happy.

"I'm buzzing, it's obviously not the colour I wanted, I would have loved to have gone back to back but two very worthy people to have beaten me."

Muhammad, 26, follows in the footsteps of his father, Hidayat Hamidon, who won weightlifting gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

India's Valluri Ajaya Babu took the silver with a total of 330kg, which included a 149kg snatch.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Chin finished fourth in the men's 71kg category with a total score of 299 and Eliza Pratt came fourth in the women's 58kg with a score of 196.

Chin, from Northampton, balances competing in weightlifting with a medical career.

"I've just finished my last rotation of foundation training and my last rotation was a GP rotation, which helped me massively during training," said the 32-year-old.

"It was a bit more regular with my work pattern - no nights, no weekends - and it allowed me to train a lot more consistently.

"I think the entire GP practice I'm working at all tuned in to watch me. They've been super-helpful with allowing me to have time to train after work and adjust my schedule slightly to benefit me."