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Weightlifting New Zealand is hoping Aotearoa will have its first female Commonwealth Games gold medalist next year as an impressive group of young lifters come through the ranks.

The sport has just completed its national championships, with more than 100 lifters taking part from around the country and the South Pacific.

Significantly, almost two-thirds of the athletes competing were women.

Two world-ranked teenagers were the stars of the event, Oli

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