Oliver PB lifts GB squad

Jack Oliver continued the fine form of Team GB's weightlifting squad as he recorded another personal best at the 2012 Olympic Games.

Hot on the heels of Zoe Smith and Gareth Evans, Oliver managed a total of 310 - six kilos more than his previous finest - competing in the B group of the men's 77kg category.

It was only enough for fourth place out of five lifters, with another eight to go in Wednesday night's elite A group, but 21-year-old prospect Oliver, from Bexleyheath, achieved his aims coming into London 2012.

Oliver, who failed all three snatch attempts at the British Senior Championships in May, started off nervously at ExCeL.

Taking a long time to settle himself and with the clock running down, Oliver missed out on his opening lift of 135kg but recovered to take it on his second attempt before, much to his delight, then making 140kg, two kilos short of his snatch PB.

But he more than stepped up to the plate in the clean and jerk, successfully raising 160kg, 165kg and then a monster 170kg - five kilos heavier than his clean and jerk best and just one kilo off Halil Zorba's British record.