Wales first gold in Commonwealth Games
Gareth Evans is the first gold medallist for Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Wales claimed their first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Australia thanks to weightlifter Gareth Evans. Evans, who represented Team GB at London 2012, posted a total of 299kg across the snatch and clean and jerk disciplines to win the -69kg category. The 31-year-old's total was 2kg better than the total put up by Sri Lanka's Dissanayake Mudiyanselage with Deepak Lather claiming bronze for India. Courtesy skysport.com