SWINDON Barbell’s Dawid Wozniak claimed a silver medal at the English Bench Press Championships.

Part of a team of three at the event, Wozniak opened up on exactly the same weight as his main competitor, Joseph Wicks, for silver medal.

After they both achieved the same weight (162.5kg), Wozniak then pressed 167.5kg with his final lift before Wicks looked to conquer 172.5kg.

However, as Wicks pressed the bar up from his chest it descended back down again, ever so slightly, but two of the three referees also saw this movement and failed him to hand Wozniak the silver medal and his highest national ranking.

Christie Civetta also picked up a silver medal as she competed in the under 72kg class.

Opening up with a press of 75kg, she moved up to 80kg before pressing a new personal best of of 85kg to break the South West under 72kg category bench-only record.

Meanwhile, Matt Watson just missed out on a bronze medal despite smashing his PB by 17.5kg with a lift of 150kg.