Emily Campbell won Commonwealth Games gold for the first time in front of a home crowd ©Getty Images

England's Emily Campbell became a Commonwealth Games champion for the first time following a faultless performance in the women's over-87 kilograms class at Birmingham 2022.

The Tokyo 2020 silver medallist set a new personal best and Games record of 124kg in the initial snatch phase of the contest, edging out Samoa's defending champion Feagaiga Stowers.

Campbell, who had served as one of her country's flagbearers at the Opening Ceremony, was locked in a fierce two-horse race with Stowers throughout the deciding clean and jerk section.

However, the Samoan faltered on a 154kg attempt before Campbell blew the roof off the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham with a successful 157kg lift.

The 28-year-old then raised the bar again with a 162kg clean and jerk, ensuring she overtook her total score in Tokyo last year by 3kg, and sending the crowd into a frenzy.

"Some would say it was a perfect Games," said Campbell, who successfully cleared all six attempts.

"To walk out the crowd in the Opening Ceremony was immense for a start.

"To lead out the home nation in a home Games is a very, very special privilege.

"The reason why we come here was to perform on the stage.

"To get that perfect performance on the stage?

"Yeah, you could call that a perfect Games."

Charisma Amoe-Tarrant, runner-up at Gold Coast 2018 for Nauru and now of Australia, picked up bronze this time out as a 100kg snatch and 139kg clean and jerk gave her 239kg overall.

Campbell now looks ahead to the World Championships in Bogotá, set to begin in November this year although dates are yet to be confirmed.

In the first event of what was the final day of weightlifting at this year's Commonwealth Games, Junior Periclex Ngadja Nyabeyeu won Cameroon's first medal of Birmingham 2022  as he prevailed in a tight men's under-109kg contest to take gold.

The 29-year-old lifted 160kg in the snatch before adding an additional 201kg to give him a total of 361kg, beating Jack Hitila Opeloge of Samoa by 3kg.

India claimed their ninth weightlifting medal of Birmingham 2022 - to match their Gold Coast tally - as Singh Lovepreet clinched bronze.

Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt then closed out the final session, the men's over-109kg, with Pakistan's first gold medal in Birmingham with a 405kg total lift.

He was joined on the podium by New Zealand's David Andrew and Indian Singh Gurdeep with total scores of 394kg and 390kg, respectively.