Canadian weightlifters Lusignan, Love take bronze at Commonwealth Games
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GLASGOW – Canadian weightlifters Xavier Lusignan and Etta Love added a pair of bronze medals to Canada’s tally Thursday at the Commonwealth Games.
Lusignan, of Mansfield, Que., finished third in the men’s 110-kilogram division with lifts of 159 kilograms in the snatch and 197 in the clean and jerk, for a total of 356.
Fiji’s Taniela Tuisuva Rainibogi won gold with a Games-record 378, while England’s Cyrille Tchatchet II took silver with 374.
Love, of Saskatoon, climbed from fourth after the snatch to claim bronze in the women’s 86-kilogram event with a total of 250. She recorded the second-best clean and jerk at 144 kilograms after lifting 106 in the snatch.
Elsewhere, former Olympic champion Damian Warner topped the men’s decathlon standings with 2,765 points through three of 10 events.
The 36-year-old from London, Ont., won the 100 metres in 10.21 seconds, placed second in the long jump at 7.77 metres and was fifth in the shot put at 13.84 metres.
Competition continues Thursday night with the high jump and 400 metres.
World indoor champion Christopher Morales Williams was eliminated in the men’s 400 metres after finishing third in his semifinal heat in 45.99 seconds, missing out on a place in the final.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 30, 2026.