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Agata Sitko — Poland’s Powerlifting Powerhouse Comes of Age
In the wake of her incredible win at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships, it’s time to look at the short and incandescent career of Poland’s prodigious powerlifting star, Agata Sitko. Sitko burst onto the competitive powerlifting scene in 2021, winning the Junior 76-kilogram class at the 2021 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Equipped Championships (EEC) in style. She competed in…
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2024 WRPF Iron Throwdown III Results
The 2024 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) Iron Throwdown III occurred at the Ironside Training facility in Portland, OR, on Feb. 10-11, 2024. The two-day meet featured two open sessions capped at 120 athletes.* Below are the full results: *Per the WRPF rulebook, athletes in the top 10 percent of DOTS scores are tested at the end of…
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Nick Walker Bodybuilding Biography — Early Life, Contest History, and More
There is an unwritten tradition in sports to find the “next” version of a great or legend that is coming up. Some say Patrick Mahomes appears to be the next man up in the G.O.A.T. quarterback conversation after Tom Brady. They are still trying to find the next Tiger Woods in golf. The chat in bodybuilding circles is…
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Kristi Eramo O’Connell Shares Her Pre-Workout Running Routine
Seven-time CrossFit Games athlete Kristi Eramo O’Connell has transitioned to hybrid training after nine years of competitive functional fitness. She’s prepping for her HYROX debut at the 2024 HYROX Houston contest on March 16, 2024. O’Connell’s training prioritizes running to ensure her engine is capable of the eight 1,000-meter runs featured in every HYROX race. On Feb. 18, 2024, O’Connell shared her pre-workout running routine in a video on her…
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“My Hiller Challenge,” Part 3: Be Braver
Editor’s Note: This is the third part in a multiple-part series written by Athena Perez, chronicling the year-long challenge that she’s dubbed her “Hiller Challenge.” Throughout the year, Andrew Hiller, a prominent CrossFit YouTuber whose videos have inspired both die-hard followers and dissenters, will serve as Perez’s coach and they will both document the journey across social media (and in…
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Laura Horvath Takes 7th at 2024 European Weightlifting Championships
The 2024 European Weightlifting Championships have just concluded in Sofia, Bulgaria, and among the world’s strongest athletes in the competition was none other than 2023’s Fittest Woman on Earth, Laura Horvath. Just four months ago, Horvath won the 2023 Hungarian Weightlifting National Championship in the 76kg weight category with a total of 215 kilograms: At the 2024 Europeans,…
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How to Watch the 2024 Arnold Classic Competitions
The 2024 Arnold Sports Festival is slated for the weekend of Feb. 29 through March 3, 2024, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, OH. Seven IFBB Pro League divisions will host pre-judging and/or final rounds to determine the 2024 champions for one of bodybuilding’s most prestigious events. The 2024 editions of the Arnold Strongman and Strongwoman Classic competitions will also…
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The Shaw Classic’s 2024 Strongest Man On Earth Events Announced
The 2024 Shaw Classic will occur on Aug. 16-18, 2024, in Loveland, CO. The expo’s namesake and promoter, four-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Brian Shaw, took to his YouTube channel on Feb. 20, 2024, to share the events for the men’s pro competition — the 2024 Strongest Man on Earth (SMOE). 2024 Strongest Man on Earth Events Editor’s…
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World Record Holder Lasha Talakhadze Suffers Knee Injury, Withdraws From 2024 European Weightlifting Championships
In a historic turn, weightlifter and seven-time European Champion Lasha Talakhadze (+109KG, GEO) withdrew from the final day of the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships (EWC) as he reportedly nurses a minor knee injury. This is the first time Talakhadze has retracted his name from a major weightlifting meet in his career, which began in 2010. The 2024 EWC…
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IWF General Secretary Antonio Urso To Retire From Weightlifting
Antonio Urso, one of the leading campaigners against corruption in weightlifting over the past three decades, and overseer of Italy’s recent rise to prominence on the weightlifting platform, is leaving the sport. Urso announced his decision at the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, which was held alongside the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships (EWC). I have…
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