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A Giant Slayer Emerges In The 74kg Class

Author: Jo Whiteley Kosei Yokoyama competed at his first international competition at the Asian Bench Press Championships in Japan in September 2023.  He won the gold medal convincingly at that event with an impressive 200kg bench. Fast forward a few months and...

European Classic – The Women

Author: Jo Whiteley The women outnumbered the men (very slightly) at the European Classic this year and we saw some intense battles and many records broken during a cold week in Estonia. Italy’s Annalisa Motta had her best ever result in the 47kg class.  She hit...

European Classic 2023 – The Men

Author: Jo Whiteley The 2023 European Classic was held in the historic city of Tartu, Estonia.  The temperatures were lower than most had experienced before, but a thick and beautiful blanket of pristine snow lay over everything, cladding the trees and giving...
The Men Make History at Sheffield 2023

The Men Make History at Sheffield 2023

Author: Jo Whiteley On a cold and rainy Saturday in a northern English city, twelve of the strongest men in the world gathered to contest the crown and vie for big cash prizes.  The competition format was an unusual one with the overall winner being...

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Sheffield Women Trash the Record Books

Sheffield Women Trash the Record Books

Author: Jo Whiteley Sheffield Women Trash the Record Books The hype around the Sheffield Powerlifting Championships was unprecedented.  We were given so many superlatives - biggest potential prize fund, biggest seated powerlifting event, the most world...

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A Giant Slayer Emerges In The 74kg Class

Author: Jo Whiteley Kosei Yokoyama competed at his first international competition at the Asian Bench Press Championships in Japan in September 2023.  He won the gold medal convincingly at that event with an impressive 200kg bench. Fast forward a few months and...

read more

European Classic – The Women

Author: Jo Whiteley The women outnumbered the men (very slightly) at the European Classic this year and we saw some intense battles and many records broken during a cold week in Estonia. Italy’s Annalisa Motta had her best ever result in the 47kg class.  She hit...

read more

The Men Make History at Sheffield 2023

Author: Jo Whiteley On a cold and rainy Saturday in a northern English city, twelve of the strongest men in the world gathered to contest the crown and vie for big cash prizes.  The competition format was an unusual one with the overall winner being...

read more

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