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The Men’s 93KG Class Yields Surprises at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships
The 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships saw 12 men and 12 women compete for huge cash prizes in the “champion of champions” meet hosted by SBD Apparel in Sheffield, UK, on Feb. 10, 2024. Of those 12 men, four were in the 93-kilogram class; they had a brilliant battle for supremacy. 2024 Sheffield Championships Roster — Men’s 93KG The competition format was heavily focused…
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4-Time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler’s Guide to a Massive Back
A sculpted, muscular back enhances a physique’s aesthetics and can boost functionality and posture. In bodybuilding, a time-honored adage states, “Bodybuilding shows are won from the back.” This underlines prioritizing back training for aspiring, amateur, and elite bodybuilders. But what kind of programming does a top-tier bodybuilder use to build their back? On Feb. 3, 2024, four-time Mr….
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Karlina Tongotea (76KG) Sets IPF Raw Squat and Total World Records at 2024 Sheffield Championships
Of the 24 athletes (12 male and 12 female) who competed at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships in Sheffield, England, on Feb. 10, 2024, 14 of them broke IPF raw total world records in their respective weight classes. One of those athletes was Karlina Tongotea, the lone lifter in the 76-kilogram weight class. Tongotea locked out a 226-kilogram…
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Why Can’t North Korea Compete in Weightlifting at the 2024 Olympic Games?
“This is the first time that all of our athletes have won gold,” says Song Nam Jang, head coach of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK or PRK) weightlifting team in an interview provided to BarBend. “We trained more and harder, and we made many world records.” Jang is referring to the DPRK’s performance at the recent…
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The Women’s 69KG Class Dominated the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships
The 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships gave plenty to talk about. Twenty-four of the best raw athletes in the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) joined the fray on Feb. 10, 2024. The Women’s contest was dominated by one weight category — the 69-kilogram class. Sheffield is scored on each athlete’s proportion of the IPF total world record in their weight class and awards monetary…
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Delaney Wallace (83KG) Sets IPF Raw Total World Record of 842.5 Kilograms at 2024 Sheffield Championships
The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) raw total world record in the 83-kilogram class has fallen. On Feb. 10, 2024, Delaney Wallace was one of 12 male athletes who competed at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships in Sheffield, UK. Competing against athletes of various weight classes, Wallace’s goal was to score as high a percentage of his weight class’s…
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2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships Results
The 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships lived up to the hype. This “champion of champions” meet was held in Sheffield, UK, on Feb. 10, 2024, and they put on quite the show. The standard of lifting was incredible across the board. Of the 12 women contestants, 11 broke the world record in their respective weight class. Many historic records fell, and…
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2024 European Weightlifting Championships Full Results
It’s getting down to the wire now. The 2024 European Weightlifting Championships (EWC) run in Sofia, Bulgaria from Feb. 12 to 20. This year’s EWC will not only host many of the best weightlifters in Europe — as well as distinguished guests from Team USA — but also represents one of the final opportunities to secure a spot…
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Evie Corrigan (52KG) Sets IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records at 2024 Sheffield Championships
The 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships in Sheffield, England, on Feb. 10, 2024, saw arguably the biggest torrential downfall of IPF raw world records ever. Defending Sheffield champion Evie Corrigan in the 52-kilogram class contributed to the storm. Corrigan posted a superb performance, going eight for nine in attempts and setting two new IPF raw world records along the…
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Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Scores IPF Raw Squat and Total World Records at 2024 Sheffield Championships
Amanda Lawrence has extended the IPF raw squat world record to 249.5 kilograms (550.1 pounds) at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships. On Feb. 10, 2024, Lawrence competed against 11 other of the world’s most elite female powerlifters across a range of weight classes for a huge prize purse and a chance to rewrite history. Lawrence earned a £5,000…
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