On the 11th and 12th of October,I competed in two disciplines of the Drug Free Single Lift World Championships 2008, held in Antwerp, Belgium. I competed in my usual two events, the push and pull (the Bench Press and the Deadlift).
The first day was the Bench Press, Here I broke my own World record and went on to win my category and overall best Junior, this lift was also heavier than the Senior Category which I will be competing in next year! My last lift of the three however was claimed a ‘no lift’ as the spotter caught the bar on the positive part of the rep,-this again, had it been given would have broken my record further!

On the 12th came the Deadlift, and here again my later lifts were given ‘no lift’ as my body was shaking during the rep, therefore it was my opening lift that gave me first place Junior and 1st place overall for bodyweight of all categories.

A good result overall, ..I achieved what I intended, and proved what I set out to…..that you don’t have to be overweight and out of shape to be strong and to compete with specialist powerlifters!!

(I would however, liked to have lifted more,-or at least those that I have been nailing in training!!)