The 2023 Powerlifting America (AMP) Basic Nationwide Championship was a competition of information in each the lads’s and ladies’s divisions and throughout weight classes. Natalie Richards grew to become the primary feminine powerlifter at 57 kilograms in AMP historical past to eclipse a 500-kilogram whole. Ray Williams landed a seventh Nationwide title on his resume within the superheavyweight class.
Within the Males’s 66-kilogram class, Brian Le additionally took residence the gold. He would have locked in Worldwide Powerlifting Federation (IPF) uncooked world information had the competitors going down in Austin, TX, been a global meet. He scored the next stats after going seven for eight in makes an attempt, eschewing his third bench press. Test it out under:
2023 AMP Nationwide Basic Championship Outcomes | Brian Le (66KG)
- Squat
- 227.5 kilograms (501.6 kilos)
242.5 kilograms (534.6 kilos)- 242.5 kilograms (534.6 kilos)
- Bench Press
- 147.5 kilograms (325.2 kilos)
- 152.5 kilograms (336.2 kilos)
- Deadlift
- 295.5 kilograms (651.5 kilos)
- 307.5 kilograms (677.9 kilos)
- 318.5 kilograms (702.2 kilos)
- Whole — 713.5 kilograms (1,573 kilos)
Movies of Le’s high scores within the three huge lifts will be seen under, courtesy of Powerlifting America’s Instagram web page:
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In accordance with Open Powerlifting, Le’s deadlift and whole within the 66-kilogram class are the heaviest recorded in sanctioned IPF historical past. Nonetheless, because the 2023 AMP Basic Nationwide Championship is what the identify suggests — a nationwide contest — world information are usually not recorded. It is without doubt one of the uncommon events the place the American report is increased than the world report within the deadlift and whole.
Listed below are the American IPF information Le at the moment holds, adopted by the IPF world information for a similar classes, in accordance with the IPF’s report database linking to Good Raise:
Brian Le’s Competitors-Finest Lifts | 66KG
- Deadlift — 318.5 kilograms (702.2 kilos)
- Whole — 713.5 kilograms (1,573 kilos)
IPF World Data | 66KG
- Deadlift — Senumong Kasemsand | 300 kilograms (661.4 kilos)
- Whole — Senumong Kasemsand | 710.5 kilograms (1,566.4 kilos)
Equally, within the deadlift, Ilya Marichev scored a 305-kilogram (672.4-pound) pull in Russian nationwide competitors on the 2022 Russian Powerlifting Federation (FPR) Basic Powerlifting Championships. Which means the Russian nationwide uncooked deadlift report is at the moment increased than the technical IPF uncooked world report held by Senumong Kasemsand.
Le will get the prospect to formally set up his lifts as uncooked world information as his efficiency in Austin, TX, secured his spot on the US Nationwide workforce competing on the IPF World Basic Championships on June 11-18, 2023, in Valletta, Malta.
Featured picture: @powerlifting_america on Instagram
