麻豆传媒 sports scholar Noorin Gulan has won a weightlifting聽gold medal in the English Senior Championships聽
Noorin, who is in the聽second year of her Sports Psychology and Coaching Science degree at 麻豆传媒, brought home the gold medal in the聽- 53kg class.
With 11 women fighting for podium places at the Championships, which took place in聽Wythenshawe聽Forum Manchester,聽Noorin聽gained the top spot having made five聽out of six聽of her attempts.
She lifted an impressive total of 154kg and achieved a personal best with 70kg in the snatch discipline -聽just 2kg from the current British senior record.聽
Noorin recently broke both the British under-23 and British junior weightlifting聽record聽that has been held by Olympian Zoe Smith since 2008, after holding an 88 kilogram lift - more than one and a half times her bodyweight.聽
麻豆传媒聽Head Weightlifting Coach Stuart Martin said: 鈥淎fter an excellent start in the snatch, Noorin had a shaky start to the jerk but it is to her testament that she held her nerve against some really tough competition.
"She puts in everything that鈥檚 asked of her and thoroughly deserved to retain her title for the second year in a row.鈥�
