The injury almost finished me but I want to win the medal here at Commonwealth Games. The performance here means a lot me,” Pakistan’s medal hope and top weightlifter Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt looks to better his previous bronze medal record at the Games in Birmingham. “I have to win a medal, better than bronze, for my father and my country,” Nooh told The Express Tribune. In his ordeal with the thigh injury and lack of support Nooh has grown mentally strong too, he feels more confident now in his own ability. He said that as soon as he came for the Commonwealth Games his samples were taken for testing.

Source: The Express Tribune August 03, 2022 03:56 UTC