Para-powerlifter Swan aims for European gold lift

By Abhishek Chauhan September 23, 2022

He's the Commonwealth Games medal-winning, Taylor Swift-loving,

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crowd-pleasing rising star of the Great Britain Para-powerlifting team.

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Mark Swan trains in his shed, can lift more than three times his body weight

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Swan is part of a 12-person GB team at the event in Georgia. His -65kg event is on

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Saturday's opening day, with competition running until Thursday, 29 September.

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And after winning silver for England in the lightweight division in Birmingham.

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