‘Showstopper’ powers to 7th place with elite performance
GUYANESE Carlos Petterson-Griffith put in personal-best showings to finish seventh at elite Sheffield Powerlifting Championships in Sheffield, England.
Petterson-Griffith was on a mission to announce himself to the world when he competed against the crème de le crème on Saturday.
He did just that when he came up against a world-class stage of athletes featuring six multiple-time world champions and the very best from France, Japan, Sweden, New Zealand Great Brittan, Ukraine and the United States of America
Competing in his 93 kg weight category, Petterson was stacked against the likes of two-time former world champion Jonathan Cayco and Junior former world champion Gavin Adin of the USA, as well as two-time champion and Sweeden’s Gustav Hedlund.
First up was the squat; Carlos set about erasing the world record set by USA’s Adin and delivered with a 332.5kg squat.
However, Adin came back stronger to reclaim his record.
Carlos got into the championship as a rank outsider and underdog after a silver medal in the 93kg at his debut at the international powerlifting world championship last year, but finished strong after a bench press of 182.5 kg and deadlift of 360kg to finish with a total of 875kg for seventh place out of 12.
Sweden’s Gustav Hedlund upset a strong field to capture the overall gold medal, with American Jonathan Cayco second and USA Delaney Wallace third for bronze, with American Adin fourth and Frenchman Panagiotis Tarinidis fifth.
