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Commonwealth Games: Perth’s Oliver Saxton wins bronze to complete family legacy
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Oliver ‘Ollie’ Saxton has lifted his way to a Commonwealth Games bronze and fulfilled a family legacy.
Son of five-time Commonwealth Games medallist, Andrew Saxton, the Perth weightlifter added his own hardware to the family trophy cabinet.
Saxton looked likely for the silver until Malaysia’s Mohamad Syhaimi Bin Nor-Ghazali stunned the crowd and commentators by pulling out a Commonwealth Games record 197kg jerk.
Camera Icon Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali of Team Malaysia, Silver medalist Alex Bellemarre of Team Canada and Bronze medalist Oliver Saxton of Team Australia.
It is Australia’s second weightlifting medal in Glasgow, following Nya Hayman’s bronze medal effort in the women’s 69kg class.