Fazim Abdool, Romeo Hunter, Saif Abdool, and Nangita Seenarine were among the standout performers when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) staged its flagship National Senior Championships yesterday at the St. Stanislaus College auditorium.
The quartet recorded several record-breaking performances en route to bagging the marquee medals and trophies at the event. As customary, the year-end fixture was the curtain closer for the federation, which had a banner year under the leadership of Franklin Wilson.
Fazim Abdool, lifting in the men’s 120kg class, broke the open and masters’ one deadlift national records after pulling a mammoth 296kg (652 lbs) off the platform. His squat of 310kg (682 lbs) and bench press of 210kg (462 lbs) and subsequent total of 816kg (1795 lbs) enabled him to be rewarded with the coveted Best Lifter trophy.
