Bangladesh's most renowned weightlifter Mabia Aktar Simanta lived up to her reputation as she pulled off her national-record score at the women’s 64-kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this week on Monday.

Mabia Akter Simanta ended Bangladesh’s three-day gold-drought at the 13th South Asian Games yesterday before two more gold medals on the day turned it into Bangladesh’s best day of the Games since Day 3.

Weightlifter Mabia Akter Simanta cried tears of joy two years ago in Guwahati, India when she won the gold medal in women's 63kg