David Liti’s bright smile widened once realising gold was his after a dramatic final lift clinched his third consecutive Commonwealth Games medal on Friday (NZ time).
Then the emotions bellowed out, the 223kg bar he cleanly raised above his head was swiftly slammed to the mat in celebration for New Zealand’s fourth gold in Glasgow.
The big man from Auckland was quick to embrace his coach Tina Ball and was soon thinking about his ultimate prize from home, a steak and double cheese pie, after his second Commonwealth title eight years after his breakout gold on the Gold Coast.
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