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DAY FIVE, VASTERAS, SWEDEN

In the first session of this freezing cold day here in Vasteras, we saw the -84 kg and 84+ Junior women take the podium and what a fantastic competition it was. In the Squat section there were only two no lifts out of 42. Kelly Millecamps (FRA) achieved a new world record of 200 kgs and took the gold medal.  Silver went to Henna Kaasalainen (FIN) with 195 kg and bronze to Anastasia Eskova (RUS) with 190.

Bench section and a gripping session with some stunning performances.  In the -83 kg class, Giada Palma (ITA) achieved gold with a lift of 107.5 kg, followed by Lystus Ebosele (IRL) with 105 kg and Anastasia Eskova (RUS) with 102.5 kg.  In the 83+ kg class, Olga Kuzmina (RUS) took gold with a 125 kg bench press and Victoria Borgvall (SWE) silver with 92.4 kg.

Deadlifts saw a fantastic competition for Toth Eniko (HUN) but Henna Kaasalainen (FIN) got the gold in the -84 kg category and European Champion with 500 kgs and 207.5 kg in the deadlift.  Giada Palma, 195 kg deadlift and 482.5 kg total and Anastasia Eskova 196 kg deadlift and 482.5 kg total.  In the 84+ kg class it was Kuzmina with 545 kgs and Borgvall with 485 kgs.

And at the end of the Junior Women´s Powerlifting Championships, Best Lifter on points went to Jade Jacob with 107.8 points, second Sara Naldi with 106.4 points and third Vilma Olsson with 104.8 points. 

Then it was the turn of the 83 kg Junior men…

Split into two groups because of the number of entries, this competition didn’t fail to deliver in terms of excitement and tension throughout. Squats finished with Nathan Gevao (GBR) in gold with 275 kg, Jose Lopez Lorrente in silver with 272.5 kg and James Adcock (GBR) in bronze with 270 kg.  Two Brits in the line-up and this was just the start.

Bench, and from the first flight, Simen Myrvold Johnson (NOR) won the gold with 190 kg, Vadym Yarzhenmskyi (UKR) silver, with 187.5 kg and Anthony Costarigot (FRA) bronze, with 182.5 kg

Finally, deadlift and James Adcock, after opening with 300 kg on the bar, got the deadlift gold.  In the total scores, Nathan Gevao achieved the gold medal with a 762.5 kg total, closely followed by his GB teammate, James Adcock, taking silver with 735 kg and finally, Soulieman Turki (FRA) with 715 kg for the bronze.

The third session commenced at 6.30 pm and it was the -93 kg Junior men who brought us a stunning evening of entertainment such as we have never seen before in a Junior competition.  Squats gave us a glimpse of what was to come with Richmond Baiden (FRA) taking the gold medal with a 295 kg lift, followed closely by Yulang Li (SWE) winning silver with 292.5 kg and way ahead of Benjamin Rastum (FRA) who lifted 275 kg for the bronze medal.

Bench press, and again Richmond Baiden achieved the gold medal with 187 kg, followed closely but this time by Jacob Florelius (NOR) with 185 kg for the silver and Guillaume Parisot some way behind with 177.5 kg for the bronze.

The real drama came in the deadlift section.  Richmond Baiden, having won gold in the squat and bench, was pipped at the post by Chris Onuoha (GBR) who grabbed the gold medal with his stunning 340 kg deadlift, a full 15 kgs ahead of Baiden´s 325 kg. So, for Baiden, it was silver medal in the deadlift and bronze went to Yulong Li (SWE).   Overall totals and Richmond Baiden with 807.5 kg, silver to Chris Onuoha with 760 kg and bronze to Yulong Li with 757.5 kg.  These junior men are incredibly good at what they do and this evening was powerlifting at its very best!

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