{"id":91001,"date":"2024-10-10T21:33:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=91001"},"modified":"2024-10-10T21:33:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:33:03","slug":"nooh-dastgir-butt-triumphs-in-commonwealth-powerlifting-championships-debut-with-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2024\/91001\/","title":{"rendered":"Nooh Dastgir Butt triumphs in Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships debut with gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Islamabad (National Times) Pakistani weightlifter Nooh Dastgir Butt made a remarkable international debut on Thursday at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Classic and Equipped Championships in South Africa by securing gold in the squat event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pride of Performance Award winner and Commonwealth Games gold medalist lifted 370 kilogrammes in his maiden powerlifting competition at South Africa\u2019s Sun City, etching his name in history as Pakistan\u2019s first powerlifting gold medalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWon gold medal at Commonwealth Classic Powerlifting Championships 2024,\u201d he wrote in a post on his Instagram profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStop me if you can, this Butt is not going to stop,\u201d he added, thanking his supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butt is set to compete in the bench press and deadlift categories, where he is favoured to win two additional gold medals and claim the overall championship title in the 120kg+ category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He aims to bring home a total of four gold medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butt comes from Gujranwala, Pakistan\u2019s biggest nursery of weightlifters and wrestlers and has been lifting weights since the age of 11. By the time Butt turned 18, he had begun making headlines on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he created new records in the snatch, clean-and-jerk and total categories. \u201cThe credit for that goes to my father, who spent all these years training me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad (National Times) Pakistani weightlifter Nooh Dastgir Butt made a remarkable international debut on Thursday at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Classic and Equipped Championships in South Africa by securing gold in the squat event. 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