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That wraps up our LIVE coverage of the first full day of competition in Glasgow.
Australia are on top of the medal tally after a dominant day in the pool.
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Hani Watson clinched bronze in the women’s para powerlifting, and then delivered a heart-warming message back to Australia.
Watson was lucky to have even made it to Glasgow, having undergone six surgeries in the past 12 months.
“You know, just don’t give up your dreams. Disabilities or not, chronic pain or not, just keep going, keep giving anything a go,” she said on Seven’s coverage.
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Hani Watson takes a moment of solitude before lifting. (Getty Images: Mattia Ozbot)
There is a two-minute countdown clock when para powerlifters enter the arena.
In that time they have to settle on the bench, most get their legs strapped down, align their back and shoulders under the bar, get their grip perfect, then lift.
Eventually, the pump-up music fades out when the lifter is finally ready, usually about halfway through the time.
For the first 30-40 seconds of her time on the bench, Watson, an effusive and effervescent athlete who loves a chat, takes a moment of supreme stillness.
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Hani Watson is in ‘24/7, bone-cracking pain’. She won bronze anyway
Glasgow: Para powerlifter Hani Watson is familiar with pain. So much so, she’s given it a nickname.
“I call it Nigel and Nigel is always there,” she laughed.
The para athlete was born with bilateral metaphyseal dysplasia, which bowed her tibia and femur bones and means she has to live with “24/7 bone cracking pain”. In the past year, Watson has had multiple surgeries on her legs to help deal with it.
But on Friday evening in Glasgow, Watson, a bronze medallist at Birmingham in 2022, banished “Nigel” to secure bronze again with a 147-kilogram lift in front of a roaring crowd at the SEC Armadillo.
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