Tag: Sport: Powerlifting
How to Watch the 2023 EPF European Classic Championships
The European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) 2023 European Classic Championships (ECC) will be held in Tartu, Estonia, from Dec. 4-9, 2023. The eighth edition of the 2023 EPF ECC will feature 212 athletes from all over Europe contending for the mantle of European Champion. Although the EPF has a long history of powerlifting dating back to 1978, classic (or…
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Jarosław Olech (74KG) Wins His 18th IPF Open World Title at 2023 IPF World Equipped Championships
Polish powerlifter Jarosław Olech has been a stalwart of equipped lifting in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) for 30 years. His first international win was at the 1997 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Junior Championships. He won the IPF Junior World title for the first time that same year. Olech continued to lift at a high level, and his achievements are…
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Powerlifting Over 40: How to Start, Benefits, & More
Strength training is no longer a young person’s game. While professional athletes in most sports live out their glory days long before their 30th birthday, the landscape of strength sports spin a different tale. According to data from the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) powerlifting popularity among Masters competitors (those age 4o and above) is growing. Fast. The…
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Rudy Kadlub (100KG) Sets Masters Raw (w/Wraps) World Record Total of 590 Kilograms
74-year-old powerlifter Rudy Kadlub has multiple Masters world records to his name. At the Lane Event Center in Eugene, OR, on Nov. 19-23, 2023, at the International Powerlifting League (IPL) World Championships, Kadlub competed in the 100-kilogram raw (w/wraps) class and added more strength accolades to his mantle. Kadlub scored two IPL Masters world records — squatting 217.5 kilograms (479.5…
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IPF Squat World Record Broken Thrice in the 120KG Class at IPF Equipped World Championships
The 120-kilogram class at the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Equipped World Championships (WEC) from Nov. 13-18, 2023, in Druskininkai, Lithuania, saw an intense battle for the IPF squat world record. It was broken three times in a clash between Sen Yang (TPE) and Danylo Kovalov (UKR), who met on the lifting platform for the first time. Sen Yang…
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Daria Rusanenko (84KG) Squats IPF Equipped World Record of 278 Kilograms (613 Pounds)
Ukraine’s Daria Rusanenko lifts in equipped International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) competition. She moved up in the 84-kilogram class in 2021 but has yet to fill it out, routinely weighing in well under 80 kilograms (176 pounds). Rusanenko has a year left in the Junior (ages 20-23) category but is already one of the world’s top lifters in the…
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Sonja Stefanie Krüger (76KG) Bench Presses IPF Equipped World Record of 195.5 Kilograms
German powerlifter Sonja Stefanie Krüger has been setting records since she was 16 years old. She lifts in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and was Sub-Junior (ages 14-18) and Junior (ages 20-23) world champion eight times. Only recently in the Open division, Krüger holds IPF Open equipped squat and bench press world records in the 69 and 76-kilogram weight…
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Ian Bell (105KG) Deadlifts IPF Equipped World Record of 388.5 Kilograms
Ian Bell is a second-generation powerlifter. Son of the legendary Gene Bell, Ian Bell, has powerlifting running through his veins. Gene Bell was a multiple-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion by the time of Ian’s birth, so Ian Bell was born into the iron game. Ian Bell is no stranger to the top step of the podium,…
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Ian Bell (105KG) Deadlifts IPF Equipped World Record of 338.5 Kilograms
Ian Bell is a second-generation powerlifter. Son of the legendary Gene Bell, Ian Bell, has powerlifting running through his veins. Gene Bell was a multiple-time International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world champion by the time of Ian’s birth, so Ian Bell was born into the iron game. Ian Bell is no stranger to the top step of the podium,…
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Jamal Browner (110KG) Sumo Deadlifted a 455-Kilogram (1,003.1-Pound) Quadruple
Sometimes, a big lift in the gym doesn’t make sense even when you know it happened for real. The weight on the barbell seems too unfathomably heavy for a human person to move. Then you see former powerlifting world record holder Jamal Browner sling over 1,000 pounds around in a casualness that makes it seem like physics is…
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