It is only their determination that allowed them to win," said trainer Henry Oko, gesturing at rusting weightlifting equipment scattered outside one stadium.
Her husband, Ian, is also a Clydesider - keeping time and scores and assisting commentators at the weightlifting events.
He excelled at school sports, and became interested in weightlifting at an early age.
All five selected lifters will be competing at their first Olympics, with weightlifting running at Excel Arena from Saturday 28 July to Tuesday 7 August.
He got into weightlifting at college under the tutelage of a Hungarian who defected to the US.
4.50pm BST Ceremonial cap doffing Geoff Andrew was the first to respond my appeal for help: "Maria Isabel Urrutia won Colombia's first gold medal through weightlifting at the Sydney 2000".
PAGE 6 SPORTS A LIFTER PREPARES For Her Third Olympics Cheryl Haworth was a youthful sensation when she won the bronze medal in weightlifting at age 17 in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
At the Welsh Senior weightlifting championships in Cardiff in March she lifted a 93kg British-record snatch.
People just see the end result," continued Hamilton, who represented Scotland in weightlifting at the 1994 Commonwealth Games 20 years ago.
But problems with her knees forced her to look for another sport, so she decided to try weightlifting at Breeze's gym in Aberdare following advice from a friend.
