Weightlifter Mona Pretorius made it fourth time lucky as he won Commonwealth Games bronze in the 63kg category on Saturday.
Pretorius made her Commonwealth Games debut at Melbourne 2006 as a promising teenager who ended fourth after delivering personal bests.
Injury destroyed her bid at Delhi 2010 and a blow-out at Glasgow 2014‚ but she returned to Australia to deliver more career bests to finish third just 1kg short of silver.
Pretorius produced a 91kg snatch and 115kg clean and jerk — each 7kg better than she’d managed before — for a total of 206 behind Canada’s Maude Charron‚ who won with a 220kg Games record.
Zoe Smith of England was second‚ her 92kg snatch giving her the edge over US-based Pretorius.
The 29-year-old‚ originally from Port Elizabeth‚ moved to Texas a few years back to be closer to her coach and to further her studies as she navigates closer to doing a PhD in sport psychology.
SA’s last weightlifting medal was also achieved in Australia‚ a bronze by Babalwa Ndeleni in the 75kg division.
Source: TMG Digital.
Weightlifter Pretorius wins bronze for SA at Games
Pretorius made her Commonwealth Games debut at Melbourne 2006 as a promising teenager who ended fourth after delivering personal bests.
Injury destroyed her bid at Delhi 2010 and a blow-out at Glasgow 2014‚ but she returned to Australia to deliver more career bests to finish third just 1kg short of silver.
Pretorius produced a 91kg snatch and 115kg clean and jerk — each 7kg better than she’d managed before — for a total of 206 behind Canada’s Maude Charron‚ who won with a 220kg Games record.
Zoe Smith of England was second‚ her 92kg snatch giving her the edge over US-based Pretorius.
The 29-year-old‚ originally from Port Elizabeth‚ moved to Texas a few years back to be closer to her coach and to further her studies as she navigates closer to doing a PhD in sport psychology.
SA’s last weightlifting medal was also achieved in Australia‚ a bronze by Babalwa Ndeleni in the 75kg division.
Source: TMG Digital.
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