Taiwanese powerlifter Yang Sen on Friday clinched two gold medals at the World Equipped Open Powerlifting Championships in Reykjavik.
Competing in the men’s 120kg category, Yang broke the world record with his squat lift of 453kg, winning the gold medal, and he won another gold with his total lift of 1,098kg.
Yang also earned a bronze medal in the bench press category with a lift of 325kg.
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It was Yang’s second time breaking the squat lift world record, following his achievement in that category at the 2022 World Games when he won a silver medal.
Combined with his deadlift of 320kg, his scores at the championships qualified him to compete in next year’s World Games in Chengdu, China.
Yang’s coach, Hsu Siao-li, said that he did not perform at his usual training level in the deadlift competition and had made some minor errors in his bench press.
She said she would adjust Yang’s training after returning to Taiwan to prepare for the World Games, this time aiming for the gold.
Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Lin Hsiang-chu won a bronze in the women’s 76kg category with a deadlift of 222.5kg.
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