Weightlifting and para-powerlifting sees the strongest athletes in the Commonwealth Games compete to raise the biggest possible weights into the air.
At the Gold Coast 2018 Games, Team England will compete for 16 weightlifting medals and four para-powerlifting medals.
Athletes are separated by weight categories although the top athletes can lift three times their own weight.
In para-powerlifting each athlete has three attempts to lift the largest possible weight
Weightlifting competition consists of two separate lifts, the snatch and the clean and jerk and each competitor is allowed a maximum of three attempts at each of the different lifts; if they fail to register a valid lift in one of the categories they are eliminated
The athlete who lifts the heaviest weight wins but if two athletes lift the same weight successfully then the winner will be the athlete with the lightest bodyweight
A good lift in judged by three officials who indicate a good lift with a white light on the scoreboard, the majority decision is carried
The winner of the Commonwealth Games will be the athlete who lifts the biggest total weight across the two lifts
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Stuart was the team leader and coach for the World Universiade Taipei 2017 and the European Junior championships in 2017 where there was medal success in weightlifting at both events.
He is the performance manager for British Weightlifting and oversees the weightlifting program from youth to senior international level.
Stuart was also the head coach of one of England’s top clubs in 2017.
Men's +105kg
Monday 9 April
Women's 90kg
Monday 9 April
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