Aquib Mohamed was the star of this year’s novices and juniors powerlifting championships, but many of the athletes had several record breaking performances when the event was staged on Sunday at the St Stanislaus College.
A total of 17 new records were set during the first championship staged by the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) for 2020.
Mohamed of Roy’s Gym, chalked up his palms and earned the overall junior and male novice best lifter awards. He did so in record breaking fashion.
Lifting in the 83kg class, Mohamed had a best squat of 210kg, a best bench of 125kg and a best deadlift of 227.5kg for a total of 562.5kg. His total and deadlift were both records.
His IPF point of 566.42 was the best among all lifters on Sunday.
Other record breakers included 74kg sub junior, Shoib Kayume, 83kg Darius Ramsammy, 83kg Ravin Mahabal, 105kg Alex Parmanand and 120+ Gavinash Jaigobin.
Meanwhile, Amanda Gunraj (female novices open ) and Jada Toney (female junior) both of Buddy’s Gym were the overall winners in their respective categories.
Gunraj, lifting in the 74kg class, had 525.990 IPF points while
15 year-old Toney (57kg) earned 566.420 IPF Points.
