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Ex-MAFS star Ridge Barredo sticking to weightlifting despite ugly injury
Ridge Barredo's sport is dangerous, but not as toxic as MAFS. (Getty Images: Steve Welsh/PA Images)
Ridge Barredo's description of the knee injury that ended his Commonwealth Games weightlifting campaign is enough to turn most of us off even watching the sport for good.
"I heard it pop on the third attempt, I tried to give it my all and I heard it pop [out] and pop back in," he said of his failed third snatch attempt in the men's 110kg class.
"Just to feel it was a little bit scary. Initial pain was an eight or nine out of 10."
Married At First Sight star's Games date falls flat
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He may have been Married At First Sight – but Australian reality TV star Ridge Barredo's third date with the Commonwealth Games has ended in calamity as he hobbled away on crutches.
Barredo, who became a celebrity when he got hitched on the hit Australian TV show three years ago, was cheered on at Glasgow's Armadillo Arena by his partner Jade Pywell and stepdaughter Victoria as he sought to win a medal after finishing eighth and fifth at the previous two Games.
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Commonwealth Games 2026 LIVE: Australia get first cycling gold; Diamonds’ demolition job over Northern Ireland
It’s raining medals here at the velodrome, as Australia’s Tara Neyland smashes the world record to win gold in the women’s C4-C5 individual pursuit.
Funnily enough, the world record was set by Neyland just hours earlier during qualifying, but as she crossed the line in 4:46.614 to win gold against England’s Morgan Newberry, she had shaved three seconds off her qualifying time.
Australian Ellen Fife has kept her Commonwealth Games bowls dream alive with a critical win over Malta’s Connie-Leigh Rixon.
After the first set was drawn 5-5, Fife rallied to claim the second 6-5.
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