Team Guyana cop four more medals on day 2

TEAM Guyana took four more medals on the second day of the 16th North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) and 32nd South American Powerlifting Federation (FESUPO) Championships being contested in Orlando, Florida.
Local powerlifter Nadina Taharally, proved that age is no deterrent as she emerged the gold medal winner after clashing with Puerto Rican lifter Nora Montilla. Taharally competed in the 72kg class of the Master 1 40+ Classic/Raw category and raked in a total of 337.5kg after deadlifting 155kg, squatting 117.7kg and bench-pressing 65kg.

Competing the 93kg weight class for men’s junior and open categories was Carlos Peterson, who scored a silver medal junior after Chance Mitchell (USA) barely edged past him and bronze in the open. Peterson has been firing locally and has taken his will to Orlando, where he deadlifted the national best of 330kg, squatted 280kg and bench-pressed 150kg earning him 760kg in total.
Despite faltering a few times ‘Big’ John Edwards did not fail to make Guyana proud as he trooped through to cop a bronze medal.
Contesting in the 120kg weight class Masters 11 (50+), Edwards gained 712.5kg overall, after putting all his effort into his 250kg squat, his 200kg bench press and his 262.5kg deadlift.

On Tuesday during the female sub-junior classic/raw category, Britny Mack lifted in the 47kg class and copped a gold medal while Tineisha Toney lifted in the 57kg classic/raw classes and scored a silver medal.
Later that day, in the male junior classic/raw category, Demetri Chan lifted in the 74kg class and copped silver while Romario Gonsalves lifted in the 59kg class and scored gold. Chan also copped bronze in the 74kg open category. Both young men were able to break national and PanAmerican records.

Today, the competition continues as the powerlifters take on the equipped category. Winston Stoby, Arif Immamdeen and Nairjanjan Singh will be representing Guyana for the first time in this competition while Tineisha Toney and Britny Mack returned to battle with the aim of keeping the Golden Arrowhead flying high.