Montreal’s Beauchemin-Nadeau wins gold in weightlifting

GLASGOW – Montreal’s Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau has captured a gold medal in women’s weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games.

Beauchemin-Nadeau, a silver medallist four years ago in New Delhi, finished with a combined total of 250 kilograms, a Games record in the 75-kilogram division.

“I knew the record was attainable, and I knew that I was aiming for it even on the first lift,” she said. “I was prepared for this.”

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Beauchemin-Nadeau lifted 110 kilograms in the snatch and 140 kilograms in the clean and jerk.

“It was a great afternoon, I was very happy with my performances,” she said. “My preparation for the competition was quite hard, but I worked a lot over the last couple of weeks. I was aiming for the record and for the gold medal, and I’m very happy I’ve got both.

“I’ve built up my confidence with this competition.”

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Mary Opeloge of Samoa was second with a 243-kilogram total. She was hoping to beat Beauchemin-Nadeau’s 140 with her final lift in the clean and jerk but walked away from the 141-kilogram bar without making an attempt.

Apolonia Vaivai of Fiji took the bronze with 209 kilograms.