Emily Campbell cooks up weightlifting gold: ‘MasterChef was more nerve-racking’
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Athlete set a new Commonwealth record in +86kg final before revealing she is to appear on cookery show By the time Emily Campbell stepped on to the platform for a final time on Thursday, the women’s +86kg weightlifting final had all the fervour of a revivalist meeting. Everyone was cheering. There were loud shouts and
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Athlete set a new Commonwealth record in +86kg final before revealing she is to appear on cookery show By the time Emily Campbell stepped on to the platform for a final time on Thursday, the women’s +86kg weightlifting final had all the fervour of a revivalist meeting.
Everyone was cheering. There were loud shouts and exhortations.
People who didn’t know a snatch from a clean and jerk two hours before had become instant converts. It was the Campbell Effect in action again.
But the double Olympic medallist wasn’t finished there. Continue reading...
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