By Emmerson Campbell
Seventy-four kilogramme Masters Two World deadlift record holder Winston Stoby warmed up impressively for the World Masters Championships by besting his own deadlift record yesterday at the St Stanislaus College forum when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its 2012 Intermediate and Masters Championships.
Stoby, who will attend the World Masters Championships along with 2011 World Masters bronze medalist John ‘Big John’ Edwards in Texas, USA in October, broke his World record of 265.5kgs/585.4 pounds which was set at the 2012 Caribbean Championships in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands in April.
Stoby, 53, who trains at the Kingsrow Barbell Gym, deadlifted 267kgs/589 pounds to rewrite the
