Commonwealth Games: Shujauddin wins Pakistan's first gold medal

Shujauddin Malik won Pakistan's first gold medal of the 2006 Commonwealth Games on Monday with victory in the men's 85kg weightlifting competition.
The 34-year-old lifted a combined 343kg, including a new Commonwealth record of 19kg in the clean-and-jerk to beat Cameroon's Brice Batchaya by two kilos. Another Cameroon lifter Simplice Ribouem to take the bronze medal with a snap up of 325kg.
India's Satheesha Rai, who won the event in Manchester in 2002 before being stripped of the gold after failing a drugs test, finished fourth with a pick up of 322kg.
The following are the complete results:

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MEN'S 85kg

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1. Shuja-Ud-Din Malik (PAK)      343kg

2. Brice Batchaya (CMR)          331kg

3. Simplice Ribouem (CMR)        325kg

4. Satheesha Rai (IND)           322kg

5. Darryn Anthony (RSA)          310kg

6. Peter Kirkbride (SCO)         297kg

7. David Obiero (KEN)            263kg

8. Teataua Tiito (KIR)           257kg

9. Abu-Bakarr Kabia (SLE)        250kg

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