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Jul 07, 2013 Sports
Gumendra Shewdass is Pan Am Sub-Jr. Champ; Gold for Chesney and Edwards
Guyana’s powerlifters ended the Caribbean segment just as they started – with a gold medal – when the curtains came down on the 7th Caribbean Powerlifting Championships at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA yesterday.
The unofficial Caribbean champions for yet another year closed off the individual competition in grand style and fittingly, by Colin ‘Mr. Clean’ Chesney who made it count this time in terms of excelling.
Competing in the 120kg class and ranked third behind fellow Guyanese ‘Big’ John Edwards and number one, Carlos Rivera of Puerto Rico, Chesney powered his way to the gold medal leaving in his wake Edwards to become the local undisputed king of the heavyweight category.
Chesney totaled 802kg to Edwards’ 790kg, vindicating the confidence the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation has shown in him over the years.
But the Big Man Edwards was not going to leave the 14th Pan American Championships without something special of his own.
When the weights were settled, ‘Big’ John proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is the undisputed Pan American Masters 1 Champion and did so in grandiose style by destroying old nemesis Claudemiro Nasciemento of Brazil who bombed out under pressure, John proving that his win in South America was no fluke.
Rising Under-18 Star, Berbician Gumendra Shewdas won the Pan American Sub-Junior gold with 485.26 Wilkes Points. He defeated Canada’s Carson Dougall who went into the championships as the number one ranked in this category. Dougall ended with 371 Wilkes Points. USA’s Austin Gauldin was next with 355 Wilkes Points followed by Jorge Lopez of Costa Rica with 349.
Another Guyanese athlete, Karel Mars who was competing in the 105kg class unfortunately bombed out attempting 325kg on his first lift rather than establishing his safety mark first. Mars attempted what was his best lift on the first try.
According to reports from Miami, based on results tallied to date Guyana were set to retain the Caribbean Team Champions trophy beating into second place Puerto Rico followed by Trinidad and Tobago. The final scores were to be announced at the Banquet last night.
Additionally, for the Pan American segment, Guyana was locked in a four way fight for second place with USA, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
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