Sonny Webster: Team GB's only male weightlifter

West Country
Weightlifting
Olympics
Friday 29 July 2016 at 11:43am

Sonny Webster realised his Olympic ambition the hard way - straining every sinew - without any lottery backing. Credit: ITV News

The Olympic Games motto has always been "Faster, Higher, Stronger" and the last of those is particularly true of one of our more surprising competitors heading to Rio.>22 year-old weightlifter Sonny Webster from Bristol has defied even his own hopes and expectations to become Britain's sole male representative at these Olympics. >Our Sports Correspondent Matthias Kurth has joined him in training ahead of the world stage.