GUYANA capped the final day of the 16th North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) and 32nd South American Powerlifting Federation (FESUPO) Championships being held in Orlando, Florida with three gold medals and one silver. All of them were won by powerhouse, John Edwards.

During the final day of the competition, Edwards competed in the equipped 120Kg weight class 3-lift ‘Masters 2’ and ‘Open’ categories for both the FESUPO and NAPF competitions.
Edwards got off to a rocky start after failing his first lifts for his squat and bench press, but regained his composure both times in amassing 272.5Kg and 220Kg as his best lifts for his squat and bench press respectively. He pushed through to his dead lifts, where he got 255Kg as his best lift and scored 747.5 points overall.

Maintaining Guyana’s streak of excellence, he copped four medals: three gold medals and one silver. His gold medals were garnered from the 120Kg class FESUPO Master 2, FESUPO open and NAPF Masters 2 categories.
His silver medal on the other hand, came from the 120Kg NAPF male open category, where he was narrowly thwarted by Manuel Compos from Costa Rica after he edged past bronze medal winner Alex Alvarado from Puerto Rico.

With Edwards ‘lifting’ Guyana’s total with his four medals on the fifth and final day of the competition, Team Guyana finished the competition successfully and will be returning home with 33 medals, including 19 gold medals, 9 silver and 5 bronze.