Haider Ali ends fifth in weightlifting, Jahanara Nabi breaks national record at CWG.

BIRMINGHAM -- Haider Ali started off well. Lifting 135kg on his first attempt on the snatch during the men's 81kg weightlifting final at the Commonwealth Games on Monday, he raised hopes of ending Pakistan's wait for a medal at the Games by building on that.

It wasn't to be.

Haider attempted 140kg on his next two tries but was unable to do so. Sitting joint-seventh, he needed to do better in the clean and jerk.

He lifted 161kg in the first attempt but as he went for 169kg in his second, he seemed to be relaxing his left arm.A...

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