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Speaking to BBC Sport, Campbell said: “I’m absolutely elated, I knew this was going to be a tough competition, the Samoan wasn’t going to hand to me on a plate, I knew I’d have to work for it, but I said to myself whatever I needed to lift to win that gold medal I was going to do it. With gold in her pocked, Campbell, one of the England flag bearers at the opening ceremony, then finished in style by lifting 162kg for a new personal best in the clean and jerk. Campbell was leading after the first stage of the competition and when her nearest rival, Feagaiga Stowers of Samoa, twice failed to lift 154k in the clean and jerk section, to finish with the Bulwell star was assured gold with two lifts to spare.

Bulwell weightlifter becomes first Briton to earn a gold medal in female weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games in front of a packed cheering crowd.

Campbell was met with cheers by the packed home crowd each time she went to lift, and did not disappoint with her consecutive clean and jerks. Campbell still had two lifts to go, and raised the bar again successfully with a lift of 157lb, before executing a 162kg lift. Bulwell weightlifter becomes first Briton to earn a gold medal in female weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games in front of a packed cheering crowd.

Emily Campbell claimed weightlifting gold in the women's +87kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. | ITV News Central.

England's Emily Campbell sets a new Commonwealth Games record and beats her personal bests to win the gold medal in the women's +87kg event.

The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist was England's flag-bearer for the 2022 Games in Birmingham and was seeking to upgrade her +90kg bronze from the Gold Coast four years ago. Stowers was moving all over the shop during her 147kg clean & jerk but managed to save it, although she failed on both of her 154kg attempts to finish with a total of 268kg. England's Emily Campbell smashed Commonwealth Games records left right and centre to take the gold medal in the women's +87kg on Wednesday.

The women's 87+kg competition was preceded by a local school choir singing an uplifting song dedicated to legendary lifter Precious McKenzie.

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Campbell's cumulative total of 286kg from the snatch and clean-and-jerk disciplines set new Games and Commonwealth records.

“That’s all you want from a weightlifting competition. Afterwards Campbell paid tribute to four-time Commonwealth champion Precious McKenzie, now 86 years old, who watched from the front row. “Precious has done immense things for weightlifting and he’s still here at 86 years old giving back to the sport.

England's Emily Campbell won weightlifting gold in the +87kg category at the Commonwealth Games after a record-breaking display.

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In front of a packed crowd at the NEC, Campbell and Feagaiga Stowers traded Games records with their opening clean-and-jerks, before Stowers failed on 154kg ...

Emily Campbell claimed weightlifting Commonwealth Games gold in the women's +87kg category Emily Campbell claimed weightlifting gold in the women's +87kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Emily Campbell wins Commonwealth weightlifting gold medal in the women's +87kg category...

Emily Campbell, who won silver at Tokyo 2020, was triumphant the in 87kg+ division and she said: 'You could call it a perfect Games'

Now she is a full-time athlete with lottery funding, finally able to devote everything to her craft. Campbell marched on, shattering her personal best with a lift of 124kg, pumping both of her fists and yelling. She cleared 152kg with ease, which was enough for her victory after Stowers’ failed lifts. Her biggest competition was the defending champion Feagaiga Stowers, who at 17 years old in 2018 had outperformed Campbell in Gold Coast to win gold for Samoa in the previous Commonwealth Games. After the rest of the field competed for the minor positions in the snatch competition, the duel began. She is already the only British woman to win an Olympic weightlifting medal, snatching an unforgettable silver in Tokyo last year.