The first session of Day Four and this morning we welcomed the 57 kg and 63 kg junior women to the podium. What a treat there was in store for us! The 57 kg squats were smashed by Jade Jacob (FRA) with a 167.5 kg squat. In the 63 kg class, Chiara Bernardi (ITA) took the gold with 186 kg. This was a simply fantastic squat session with the promise of more excitement to come in the bench section, and we weren’t disappointed when Anja Adelmann (AUS) came through to win gold with a105 kg bench press. Deadlifts in the 57 kg class and we saw Janneke Brauckman (NED) fight hard for the silver but it was Jade Jacob who outshone everyone with a fantastic 200 kg lift to secure a new world record total of 425 kgs. Brauckman took the silver with a total of 405 kg and Anja Adelmann the bronze with 402.5 kg.
In the 63 kg class, Chiara Bernardi (ITA), having produced the best squat, went on to get the best deadlift of 215 kg, although she failed to deliver a bench. Totals were Sara Neldi (ITA), gold with 483.5, Aletta Rozsnyai-Kovacs (HUN), silver, with the best bench of 120 kg and a 465 kg total. Bronze went to Inmaculada Soto Ruiz (ESP) with 450 kg.
The afternoon session brought us the 69 kg junior women. There were a lot of contenders so the session was split into two flights. This meant that a lot of the ladies worked very hard, knowing that there would be no medals for them today. And what an amazing session it was, possibly the best of the competition so far. It was a close run session, starting with the squats and Agnes Rudin (SWE) just taking the gold with 177.5 kg followed hot on the heels by Ramune Vainauskyte (LTH) and Mariella Fisher (GBR) both with 175 kg.
Again, it was a close competition in bench. Well matched athletes fought tooth and nail for gold, bronze and silver medals. Another gold for Agnes Rudin with 110 kg, with Clara Payraud and Amira Blecua Marak (ESP) fighting it out for silver and bronze.
The deadlift section and out of a total of 24 attempts, only 2 failed which says something for the quality of the athletes we saw here today in Vasteras. Rudin and Malak were equal at the end of the second round and had a fight on their hands in the third round. Malak came through on the final lift of the session with a 69 kg junior deadlift world record of 208 kg. Totals at the end of play, Payraud 484.5, Rudin 482.5 and Malak 475.5. A truly amazing day and one more session to go this evening. Watch out for tomorrow´s report on this evening´s 76 kg junior women!
