Sanmogan cops four gold, one silver on South American Powerlifting debut

Conscious of her ability to blow away the opposition in the third and final lift, that’s exactly what Abrigo accomplished.

Her massive pull of 202.5kg (446lb) was enough to relegate her competition to the silver and bronze medals. Hurtado managed 180.0kg, which was only good enough for the bronze medal.

Abrigo won the South American Women’s Classic Bench Press Championships, 76kg Open bronze medal.

Despite taking the deadlift bronze with 155.0 kg, Costa walked away with the overall silver medal with her Total of 437.5kg.

It was a massive performance by the young ladies, GAPLF President Franklin Wilson informed, noting that being on the ground with the team and seeing all the members supporting and looking out for the females was pleasing in the circumstances.

Wilson commented: “This is nothing short of a vintage performance and display of real grit and determination as well as discipline by these athletes. One had to be on the ground to understand what has been achieved by these athletes. We were at the venue before 08:00hrs, and they never got going until close to 19:00hrs.

They ended up going until almost 3 AM here in Peru, This has never happened before in all my years covering this sport as a journalist and now being the President.

I’d also like to mention the efforts of Coach Kerma Singh and all the members of Team Guyana, including 79-year-old Naranjan Singh, who spent every minute with us, lending support.”

Wilson reiterated that it was nothing less than a beautiful display of genuine team spirit in challenging conditions. It was another late night of lifting yesterday, Thursday, with Kheon Evans battling in the Men’s Classic Powerlifting Championships, 83kg Open Class.

He took on lifters from Bolivia, Uruguay, Columbia, Chile, Brazil, Suriname, and the host nation.