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NHS doctor to join Team England in weightlifting
Jonathan Chin found weightlifting accidentally after a running injury [Team England]An NHS doctor is trading his stethoscope for a weightlifting belt to compete in his first Commonwealth Games.Jonathan Chin, from Chapel Brampton, Northampton, will be competing in the 71kg category at 9:00 BST on Monday.The 32-year-old works between 50 and 70 hours a week in Nottingham, training with whatever time he has left.He said: "I chose to be a doctor and I chose to be a weightlifter, so I knew I had to be resilient.""There are days when I just don't want to train, and obviously, like most people, I just don't want to go to work," he said."But being really, really disciplined and knowing I made these choices, I want to be here. I've got really, really great opportunities ahead of me."Chin is accustomed to having his hands full. In 2023, he flew to India to win a major medal just days after his university exams finished.He told BBC Radio Northampton presenter Annabel Amos that he weighed 71.5kg (158lbs), and had to lose another 500g (1lb).Chin did a student placement at the University of Bristol [University of Bristol]Chin explained that he stumbled across the sport accidentally."I used to be a sprinter and a long jumper. Got injured doing that. Went to a gym near me to rehab my injuries and it just happened to be that, in the back of that gym, they had a weightlifting area. "[I] made really good friends with some of those weightlifters, tried out weightlifting and realised I was much better at weightlifting than I was sprinting. So, I made that transition." Related to this story Commonwealth Games daily scheduleCommonwealth Games medal table and resultsWhat are the Commonwealth Games?
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