An army of 10 powerlifters have been selected to invade the shores of Ecuador to compete in the South American Powerlifting & Bench Press Equipped and Classic Championships from December 8.
The unit will be spearheaded by international medal winners, 93kg behemoth, Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson-Grifith (Open-Classic/Suited) and lone female, Nadina Taharally (76kg Masters 1 Classic)
Guyana’s other representatives at the four-day event will include, Franklyn Luke-Brisport (66kg), Romario Gonsalves (66kg), Paul Adams (83kg), Nairanjan Singh (83kg), Wasim Mohamed (93kg), Gordon Spencer (93kg), Bjorn Williams (105kg) and Roger Rogers 120kg.
Brisport-Luke will lift in the Masters 2 Classic and Equipped categories, Singh in the Masters 4 Equipped class, Spencer, in the Masters 3 Equipped and Rogers in the Masters 2 Classic division.
Gonsalves, Adams, Williams and Mohamed will compete in the Open Classic segment of their respective weight classes.
Classic powerlifting, provides the best platform to prove the lifter’s true power.
Technically speaking, “Classic ” in the world of powerlifting, means lifting with little to no additional equipment (lifting belts, bench shirts, wrist wraps, knee sleeves, etc.).
In competition, Classic lifting means that athletes are allowed to use minimal equipment which must be approved by whatever federation is hosting the meet.
