Farid can rely fairly a notch in her belt now.
There are no shortage of World Records falling on the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Powerlifting Championships. Actually, it virtually seems as if the competition has multiple new stars every day throughout the week of June 11-18. Singaporean powerlifter Farhanna Farid is the most recent to throw her hat into the ring. In the course of the tentpole competitors occurring in Valetta, Malta, Farid efficiently captured a 203-kilogram (447.5-pound) uncooked deadlift. The achievement is an IPF World Report within the group’s 52-kilogram (114-pound) weight class.
Farid’s report pull helped the athlete safe an eighth-place lead to her second profession IPF World Championships look. Evie Corrigan was the eventual 52-kilogram champion, however Farid’s report did surpass the earlier World Report, held by Corrigan — a raise of 202.5 kilograms (446.4 kilos) throughout the 2023 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships. Farid appeared to finish her deadlift utterly uncooked from a sumo stance whereas utilizing a blended grip. Uniquely, the competitor didn’t put on a lifting belt throughout her record-setting efficiency.
As for Farid’s general efficiency, the athlete fared fairly nicely within the context of her profession, all issues thought-about. In line with Farid’s web page on Open Powerlifting, the powerlifter is a three-time Asian Powerlifting Federation (AsianPF) uncooked World Champion (2018-2019, 2022) within the 52-kilogram division. Technically, Farid didn’t enhance upon her seventh-place IPF Worlds debut in 2022. Nonetheless, bringing dwelling a World Report whereas shifting a inserting down is probably going a end result most athletes would abdomen.
Right here’s an outline of Farid’s prime stats from the 2023 IPF Worlds:
Farhanna Farid (52KG) | 2023 IPF Worlds High Stats
- Squat — 127.5 kilograms (281 kilos)
- Bench Press — 70 kilograms (154.3 kilos)
- Deadlift — 203 kilograms (447.5 kilos) | IPF World Report
- Whole — 400.5 kilograms (882.9 kilos)
Farid’s prime bench press matches her finest ever from the 2022 AsianPF Powerlifting Championships. The athlete had scored her newest raise on her third try, doubtlessly leaving room for important enchancment in one other aggressive look.
Farid has saved it regular since her official powerlifting debut in December 2018. Making ventures on the IPF Worlds stage nonetheless appears comparatively new. From that respect, to go away with a World Report is not any small feat.
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