Aznil Bidin said he expects to face stiff competition from the weightlifters from India and Papua New Guinea tomorrow. (Bernama pic)GLASGOW: Weightlifter Aznil Bidin aims to be the first Malaysian weightlifter to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medals when he competes in the men’s 65kg event here tomorrow.The 32-year-old, who won the 62kg event gold medal in 2018 and 61kg event gold medal in 2022, said he was spurred to do even better after matching former national weightlifter Amirul Hamizan Ibrahim's tally of two Commonwealth Games gold medals.“So far, there has yet to be a Malaysian weightlifter who has won three consecutive gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. So I will try to create history by winning a third gold medal.
That's my dream and it inspires me,” he said today.He said he was fully prepared for the competition as he did not have trouble adapting to the conditions in Glasgow, and expected to face stiff competition from the weightlifters from India and Papua New Guinea tomorrow.Aznil, who plans to lift a combined 310kg, said he has left it to his coach to determine the best plan to take on both challengers in defending his gold medal.In 2022 he set a Games record in winning the 61kg event gold medal with a combined lift of 285kg - 127kg in the snatch and 158kg in the clean and jerk.
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