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Team England's Sarah Davies wins weightlifting silver

Sarah Davies wins Team England's third weightlifting silver medal of the Commonwealth Games with success in the women's 69kg category.

Sarah Davies has won Team England's third weightlifting silver of the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Davies, who finished seventh in the women's 63kg in Glasgow four years ago, sealed her place on the podium behind India's Punam Yadav, who picked up her country's fifth gold medal of the Games.

The 25-year-old was one of four women to succeed with an attempt at the 95kg snatch, but still trailed Yadav and Fiji's Apolonia Vaivai, who both succeeded with 100kg efforts.

However, Vaivai's best clean and jerk attempt was 116kg, whereas Davies succeeded with an attempt of 122kg - level with Yadav.

Davies made one last-ditch attempt to take gold with a go at a 128kg clean and jerk, but she was unsuccessful to remain five kilograms behind Yadav.

Vaivai's failed attempt at a 122kg clean and jerk meant that she finished with the bronze medal - one kilogram behind Davies.

Davies's silver follows in the footsteps of compatriots Jack Oliver and Zoe Smith, both of whom won silver on Saturday.

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Zoe Smith of England lifts on her way to Gold in the Women's 58kg A Final at Scottish Exhibition And Conference Centre during day three of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on July 26, 2014
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