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Polish powerlifter Krzysztof Wierzbicki, better known to some folks by his nickname “Mr. Deadlift,” has lived up to his name once again by pulling four times his bodyweight for a new IPF world record.
Wierzbicki pulled 420 kilograms (926 pounds) and although he typically lifts in the -93kg class or the -105kg class — he holds the IPF raw deadlift record in both of them — things went differently at the World Games. He turned up ready to lift in the -105kg class but weighed in at 105.07 kilograms. Rules are rules, and Wierzbicki had to go on to compete as a -120kg athlete.
That would be a terrible disappointment for many powerlifters, but it wasn’t quite as big a deal for Wierzbicki, since he went on to lift more than any human has ever officially deadlifted in the IPF. Vision of the historic lift is pretty tough to find, but we get a pretty decent shot of the lift in this video from a spectator. Note that the World Games is a single ply event, so this was an equipped lift.
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