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Netizens celebrate Nooh Dastagir and Shah Hussain for bagging Pakistan’s first gold, bronze medals at Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games :  The Commonwealth Games, an international multi-sports event that runs every four years, are currently in session and P...

Commonwealth Games : 

The Commonwealth Games, an international multi-sports event that runs every four years, are currently in session and Pakistan’s flag has already been hoisted high by weightlifter Nooh Dastagir Butt and judoka Shah Hussain. On the sixth day of the competition in England, the duo’s efforts ensured Pakistan got its first gold and bronze medals, and netizens are ecstatic over the wins.



After Hussain ended Pakistan’s medal wait, Butt sma­shed the Common­wealth Games record. The 23-year-old obliterated the field in the clean and jerk session, finishing with a total of 405kg. He bettered the record of 403kg set by New Zealander David Andrew Liti four years ago.

Pakistani Twitter applauded the duo, saying they made the nation proud. Pakistani cricket team captain Babar Azam, international cricketer Naseem Shah, and singer Faakhir Mehmood were among their well-wishers.


Noah Dastgir was determined to win the gold medal from the start in the men's plus 109 kg weightlifting final (snitch) when he showed a strong performance from the start and lifted 170 kg in his first attempt and 173 kg in his second attempt.  took away


 New Zealand's David Andrew Letty was second with 170 kg and India's Gurdeep Singh and Gordon Shaw were third with 167 k


 After that, Noah Dastgir lifted 232 kg in the clean and jerk session, 173 in his snitch, and 232 kg in the clean and jerk are the Commonwealth Games plus 109 weight category record lift


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 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated Noah Dastgir Butt on his success and wrote in his tweet that 'Well Done Butt Sahib


After Shujauddin Malik, Noah Dastgir is the only weightlifter from Pakistan to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, Shujauddin Malik achieved this feat in 2006 in the 85 kg category.


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 A few hours earlier, young judoka Shah Hussain made Pakistan famous by winning a bronze medal in the men's 90 kg category in the judo competition at the Coventry Stadium.


 29-year-old Shah Hussain, son of Pakistan's legendary boxer Hussain Shah, defeated South Africa's Thomas Laszlo Breitenbach by an unbeaten score in the bronze medal match.


 Shah Hussain Shah has won a medal at the Commonwealth Games for the second time, having previously won a silver medal at the 2014 events.

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