The 2018 Commonwealth Games 69kg silver medallist is eager to serve as a role model and show young girls that strong is beautiful. "Our Tokyo team will be a full team of women and no men qualifying, so that is a huge tip of the scales. "If you look at our medals from the Commonwealth Games last time, it was very women-heavy. At the 2019 world championships Britain celebrated a first women's medal in 25 years and Emily Muskett, the 2018 Commonwealth Games 75kg gold medallist, shared the podium with two Americans. You have more women that you’d say break the stereotype of weightlifting but are almost becoming weightlifting and really changing that stereotype."

Source: The Star March 08, 2021 20:26 UTC