The first session of Day Three, and another morning of outstanding lifting this time with the 53 kg, 59 kg and 66 kg Junior men. Andrei Georgescue (ROM), Egor Khutorov (RUS), Alvaro Davila (SPA) and David Perez (SPA) and Ciaron Murray were all outstanding. Best total points, and the -53 kg championship went to Georgescue, 59 kg to Perez and 66 kg to Ciaron Murray (IRL).
A new European deadlift record in the -66 kg class for Alex Cremins (IRL) with his 263.5 kg lift. And what a sensational -66 kg session this was with Russia losing out at the end to the Irish boys. There´ll be some craic in Ireland tonight!
The second session of Day Three, more fabulous record-breaking lifting brought to us by the 43 kg, 47 kg and 52 kg Junior women. Anna Maramotti (FRA) won gold in the second round of the 52 kg squat section, lifting 144 kgs, a new World junior record. Cosmiama Montenaro (ITA) won gold in the 47 kg class and Marina Mikova (RUS) gold in the 43 kg class.
In the bench section, Selma Ramberg (NOR) set a new world record in the third round with 113.5 kgs. And in deadlift Cosmiama Montenaro set yet another world record lifting 166 kgs.
These lighter women certainly gave us a spectacular afternoon of entertainment. But if this wasn’t enough, the evening brought us even more record-breaking sport with the 74 kg Junior men. In squats, Andrea Bonetto (FRA) set a new European junior record in round 3 with 258 kg. Silver went to Ade Omisakin (GBR) with a new PB of 255 kgs and bronze to Arnold Veenhoff (NED) with a new PB of 245.
Bench results saw Aleksei Sergeenko (RUS) take gold with 187.5 kg, Andrea Bonetto (FRA) silver with 165 kg and Ade Omisakin (GBR) bronze with 160 kg.
And a thrilling finale in the deadlift section with Omisakin setting a new world record of 308 kg and a new European total record of 723 kg. And all this in round 2. Round 3 and Omisakin failed to better his round 2 result but retained his gold while Bonetto and Veenhoff battled through to gain their silver and bronze medals. Total weights, Omisakin 723, Bonetto 683 and Veenhoff 655.
Don’t forget to tune in to the live feed tomorrow morning at 1000 am for more thrilling powerlifting action!
