Nooh Dastagir Butt, a gold medallist at CWG 2022, receives accolades from Pakistan
Late on Wednesday, Pakistan had great delight. Nooh Dastagir Butt, a weightlifter from Pakistan, won the nation’s first gold medal at the current Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Soon after the Gujranwala-hailed weightlifter claimed his record lift, Pakistanis flooded social media with congratulations for the 24-year-old athlete and showered him with admiration.
Butt lifted a total of 405 kilogrammes, including 173 kilogrammes in the snatch and 232 kilogrammes in the clean and jerk, to win Pakistan’s first gold medal in the current CW Games in Birmingham. A CWG record, in fact. In the last competitions conducted in 2018, Butt also won bronze. Additionally, he recently earned a silver medal for Pakistan.
