Glory for Preston weightlifter as she defends her European crown

The 33-year-old came out on top in Batumi, Georgia in the 63kg weight classification.

It’s successive golds at European level for the power lifter who hails from Bilsborrow.

Last year, she claimed the title at 64kg and repeated the trick once more, but this time at the lower weight category.

In ninth place after lifting 94kg in the snatch, she soared to first place after the clean and jerk, powering to a lift of 125kg.

Her combined score of 219kg was enough to finish ahead of Belarusian athletes Alina Scchapanava, who won silver, and third-placed Dziana Maiseyevich.

Afterwards, Davies wrote on social media: “Not the performance I was capable of and that's annoying but we came to win and that's what we did.

“Snatch is just the warm up for clean and jerk anyway. It was certainly a performance that's on brand with my track record.

“Never count me out after snatch. I took the last two clean and jerk attempts at the European Championships. That's insane.”