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Aylin Cuevas from Mexico won the first gold in Tartu in the women's 47 kg weight class. She also set FISU records for squat, deadlift and total!

Great Britain took home the most medals (12 in total, four in each metal) from the Tartu 2024 FISU World University Championship Powerlifting.

209 student-athletes showed their muscles, but also their technique, mental strength and concentration abilities all week long in the historical city of Tartu in Estonia.

Fifteen different nations on the podium

New impressive FISU world records were set in 34 categories and 15 different countries took medals home from this first ever FISU Powerlifing World University Championship. The event was a great success, thanks of course to all the participants, but also the hard work from the judges, the organising committee and all the volunteers who gave their time and passion all week long.

France and Great Britain were neck and neck all week, fighting for the first place in the medal table, with the latter finally taking top place with four gold, four silver and four bronze against four gold and three silver.

The podiums of the women’s event

47 kg
1. Aylin Cuevas (Mexico)
2. Johanna Sanjuan (France)
3. Claudia Chu Xin Mei (Singapore)

52 kg
1. Abby Cooley (Great Britain)
2. Ana Sophia Arriola (Mexico)
23. Deimante Zurinskaite (Lithuania)

57 kg
1. Léa Lucas (France)
2. Hannah Matson (Great Britain)
3. Day Yun Chan (Singapore)

63 kg
1. Ellen B. Akesson (Sweden)
2. Wiktoria Zapotoczna (Poland)
3. Eva Fajs (Slovenia)

69 kg
1. Romy Van Vianen (Netherlands)
2. Kaja Stabulewska (Poland)
3. Bo Arends (Netherlands)

76 kg
1. Odette Tobaiwa (Great Britain)
2. Emma Machwate (France)
3. Valerie Velemanova (Czechia)

84 kg
1. Stina Lindkvist (Sweden)
2. Marelin Juriado (Estonia)
3. Kate Mitchell (Great Britain)

84+kg
1. Salma Mmadi (France)
2. Alexis Scott (Great Britain)
3. Reya Soontalu (Estonia)

The podiums of the men’s event

59 kg
1. Khalifa Mohammad (United Arab Emirates)
2. Lung Ting Chia (Singapore)
3. Matt Chan (Great Britain)

66 kg
1. Majed Fallata (Saudi Arabia)
2. Noah Nativel (France)
3. Daniel Glavan (United States)

74 kg
1. Matthew Lee Ming Kai (Singapore)
2. Mathis Convers (France)
3. Ping Hao NG (Great Britain)

83 kg
1. Zhi Hao Guo (Great Britain)
2. Chinedum Okolo (Great Britain)
3. Lucas Spencer Chan (Singapore)

93 kg
1. Guillaume J. M. Flore (France)
2. Jason Wu (Great Britain)
3. Aleksander Koszevski (Poland)

105 kg
1. Eliam Tchandeu Noundou (France)
2. Diego Salgado (Mexico)
3. Collin Yakwo (Netherlands)

120kg
1. Kelly Lewis (Great Britain)
2. Elias Kenneryd (Sweden)
3. Alasdair Wilson (Great Britain)

120+kg

1. Alexander Renner (Austria)
2. Nuutti Mansukoski (Finland)
3. Artem Usov (Czechia)

The FISU records that were broken in Tartu

Women
SQ
47kg Aylin Cuevas 126kg
57kg Lea Lucas 165.5kg
84kg Stina Lindkvist 173kg

BP
76kg Odette Tobaiwa 110.5kg
84kg Marelin Juriado 98kg

DL
47kg Aylin Cuevas 155.5kg
52kg Abby Cooley 159kg
57kg Day Yun Chan 185.5kg
63kg Ellen B. Akesson Ellen 198kg
69kg Arends Bo 203kg

Total
47kg Aylin Cuevas 344kg
57kg Lea Lucas 439.5kg
69kg Romy van Vianen 497.5kg
84kg Stina Lindkvist 460.5kg



Men
SQ

66kg Daniel Glavan 233kg
93kg Jason Wu 303kg
105kg Diego Octavio Salgado 312.5kg
120kg Alasdair Wilson 328kg
120+kg Polo Tapia 350kg

BP
66kg Noah Nativel 152.5kg
74kg Mathis Convers 175.5kg
83kg Abdulrahim Baw 190.5kg
105kg Diego Octavio Salgado 212.5kg
120+kg Alexander Renner 243.5kg

DL
59kg Khalifa Mohammad 230.5kg
66kg Majed Fallata 270.5kg
83kg Chinedum Okolo 317.5kg
93kg Guillaume Jean Marie Flore 342.5kg
120kg Jakub Sigut 341kg
120+kg Renner Alexander 367kg

Total
66kg Majed Fallata 618kg
93kg Guillaume Jean Marie Flore 797.5kg
105kg Eliam Tchandeu Noundou 855.5kg
120+kg Alexander Renner Alexander 943kg

All the events were streamed live on fisu.tv. Find all the results of this of this very successful first FISU Powerlifting Championship here.

Written by Thérèse Courvoisier, photos IPF Media Team

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