With seemingly minimal fuss, Singapore powerlifter Farhanna Farid regained her women’s Under-52kg deadlift world record with a 203kg gold-medal effort at...
It was Farhanna’s sixth world record in the discipline in just one year – her first was at the World Open Classic Powerlifting Championships in Sun City, South Africa, in June 2022. Then, she lifted 197kg and 200.5kg to break the world record twice.in Johor Bahru in September. Three months later, she was at it again, with lifts of 201.5kg and 202kg at the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Dubai.
The best of three attempts in each event is tallied and the lifter with the highest total score is crowned the overall winner. This paved the way for Farhanna to reclaim the deadlift world record after matching Corrigan’s 190kg and 197.5kg lifts. With a total of 400.5 kg , three-time Asian champion Farhanna finished eighth out of 24 competitors, who included 76-year-old Susan Elwyn from the US Virgin Islands.
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