Jodey Hughes suffered Commonwealth Games heartbreak as four years of hard work went out the window in a matter of seconds.
The 39-year-old weightlifter from Strathaven failed to reach the clean and jerk medal rounds on Saturday, having been unable to register a snatch lift in three attempts at the NEC in Birmingham.
It wasn’t clear if an injury was part of the issue or it was nerves, but the civil servant didn’t get close to lifting her 71kg opening weight and was left crestfallen as her medal dream disappeared in a flash in front of a 100-strong support from family and friends in the arena.
