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Not even a life altering car accident could stop Carmen Tocheniuk from pursuing her dreams of athleticism and competition. Courtesy of: Alberta Prime Time
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Annabelle Harwood Claims Silver Medal At Senior Victorian Weigthlifting...
Bendigo teenager Anabelle Harwood is continuing to raise the bar on her fledgling weightlifting career. Competing in only her second event and first senior competition, the 16 year-old finished second...
View ArticleGirls Flocking To Weight Room At MDHS
The mental image many people have of female athletes is changing. It wasn’t very long ago that girls who wanted to take part in high school athletics had to play basketball, run track, swim or play...
View ArticleOkotokian Lifts Into Record Books
Talk about a natural. Mere months into the sport, 17-year-old Okotokian Liv Price is lifting her way into the national spotlight after setting five new benchmarks at the Alberta Youth and Junior...
View ArticleHealth Scare Has Local Bodybuilder Sidelined Indefinitely
Dawn Park is finding it tough not being able to hit the gym, but she got a scare so she knows she has to rest her weary body until she’s given the green light to train again. Park, a Deer Lake native...
View ArticleU.S. Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Talks About Body Image, Power
When Mattie Rogers wasn’t seeing the results she wanted in weightlifting, she knew she had to let go of something. The former cheerleader and gymnast would have to give up a seemingly perfect body and...
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Disgraced Weightlifter Picks Herself Back Up
Ending Team USA’s 10-year medal drought at the weightlifting world championships could depend largely on Sarah Robles, the team’s 27-year-old star. But executing a nearly 350-pound clean and jerk at...
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Teen To Become The First Irish Female To Compete At The Weightlifting World...
Lai Nguyen, his wife Thuy and his teenage daughter Tham usually spend their nights cooking, packing and serving delicacies such as aromatic duck, yuk sung, and spicy prawn coconut soup to customers at...
View ArticleDeirdre Begley Targets Podium At Kickboxing World Championships
Irish kickboxer Deirdre Begley has targeted a podium finish at this weekend’s world championships in Dublin. It is the first time the competition is in Ireland and Begley, who came third in the World...
View ArticleHartland Powerlifter Sets New World Record
Hartland may be best known for having the world’s longest covered bridge, but now it has another world record holder in its midst. Powerlifter Eva Dunbar claimed a world record this month by lifting...
View ArticleBodybuilders Buffed Up At Championship
Bodybuilders from Windhoek, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund participated in the sixth annual edition of The Nucleus Open Bodybuilding Championship last Saturday at the Warehouse Theatre. A capacity crowd of...
View Article2015 NPC Nationals Bodybuilding
Pro Card Winners TISCHA THOMAS CARLA ROSSI-ROAN NICOLE GRAY HOLLY PISARCIK Overall Winner HOLLY PISARCIK Heavyweight 1. TISCHA THOMAS 2. THERESA IVANCIK 3. MELISSA FANNING 4. WENDY WATSON 5. KIREEN...
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Pro Card Winners NICOLLE MUDAFORT SALLY ESTRELLADO TIFFANY LAUMEYER YAMILA RODRIGUEZ NATALIA COELHO ASHLEY SOTO TAMIKA IRVIN KIALEEN HAY SHAUNA BELL STEPHANIE HAMMERMEISTER REANNA JOHNSON ARIEL...
View ArticleMitchell Girl Wins Gold In Point Sparring On The World Stage
After qualifying for the international World Karate Championships at the nationals in Ottawa last May, Mitchell’s own “Karate Kid,” Avery Anderson, brought a gold and two bronze medals home from the...
View ArticleNazik Avdalyan Ranked 4th In Group “B”
Armenian women’s weightlifting team member, former world champion Nazik Avdalyan ranked 4th in group “B” during the World Championship. As “Armenpress” reports, Armenian Olympic Committee informs about...
View ArticleZoe Smith Breaks GB Records At Worlds To Stake Claim For Rio 2016
Zoe Smith broke two British records in her weightlifting World Championship final to boost her prospects of selection for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Smith, 21, set a new ‘snatch’ personal best of 97kg in...
View ArticleRebekah Tiler Is 13th In World Weightlifting Championships In Houston
Denholme’s Rebekah Tiler had a slightly disappointing evening in the World Weightlifting Championships in the United States. The 16-year-old Calderdale College student had hoped to finish in the top...
View ArticleXiao Claims China’s Second Powerlifting World Record
Beijing 2008 Paralympic champion Cuijuan Xiao set China’s second world record at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Eger, Hungary, on Thursday (26 November). Xiao, 29, broke the...
View ArticleBromley Jiu-Jitsu Stars Targeting World Titles After Bagging European Golds
Despite only winning European titles last week, the Blackman Sisters are already turning their attention to next year’s World Championships. Nia, 11, and younger sister Zuri, eight, both fought their...
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