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Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014

Why I did not attempt 300kg in Dubai

The reigning World Champion reveals it was intervention by his coaches which prevented him from going further at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, but that he will go for 300kg at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

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Powerlifting takes step forward in Turkmenistan

An Agitos Foundation supported project, a first of its kind in the country, trains powerlifting referees and classifiers with the aim of holding national championships in the future.

Loveline Obiji of Nigeria celebrates on the floor in the Women's -52 kg Powerlifting event.

Obiji and Mahmoud to face-off for first time in over a year

Nigerian Loveline Obiji and Egypt’s Randa Mahmoud will renew their rivalry in the women’s -86kg at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, as their teams jostle for position on the medals table once again at a major international competition.

WORLD RECORD: Nazmiye Muslu's INCREDIBLE 103kg lift in -41kg category at World Champs

Turkey’s Muslu makes history at powerlifting worlds

Nazmiye Muslu made history one day one of the powerlifting world championships by becoming the first woman in the -41kg category to lift more than 100kg and Paralympic champion Nigerian Yakubu Adesokan wins the men’s -49kg title.

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Biggest ever powerlifting worlds set to begin

Around 360 lifters from over 60 countries, more athletes than at London 2012, have arrived in Dubai, UAE, and are preparing for the start of the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

Sherif Osman

Othman aiming to punch above his weight

Egyptian powerlifter Sherif Othman has vowed that he will complete the same lifts as when he competed in a higher weight category, and believes he can set the bar incredibly high at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.