INSPIRATIONAL Wallyford ace Micky Yule was celebrating on the other side of the Atlantic as he claimed Britain's first gold medal at the Invictus Games in Orlando yesterday.

Yule was in dominant form in the men's lightweight powerlifting competition, as he stormed his way to the gold medal – his second Invictus Games gold after success in 2014.

Micky's winning lift was an impressive 190kg, a new personal best for the county star.

He beat Estonia's Raigo Roots (120kg) into second place, while Christopher Collins of Australia finished third, with a lift of 105kg.

The 37-year-old former staff sergeant with the Royal Engineers, lost both legs after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded underneath him while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2010.

As part of his recovery, Yule turned his sights to powerlifting, something he had been interested in prior to his injury.

He represented Team GB at the London Olympics, narrowly missing out on a medal as he finished fourth, before success at the inaugural Invictus Games in the same city in 2014.

The games were set up by Prince Harry, and he was on hand to cheer Yule to victory, and present the county ace with his medal in Orlando – Britain's first at the games.

Yule was delighted to receive such esteemed support from Prince Harry, who he called "a top lad."

He said: “He is such a supporter of all injured servicemen worldwide now and I’m sure everybody looks upon that.

"He puts a lot of pressure on people, high people, to make sure the boys are looked after.

"I’m sure we’d be in a worse place without him.

"If I could have picked anybody [to present the medal], it would have been him.”

Iain Gray, East Lothian's newly re-elected MSP, also passed on his congratulations to Wallyford-born Yule, tweeting: "Go East Lothian."

He is now turning his attention to the summer's Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil.