…Rogers snares 4 silver, 2 bronze medals
Guyana’s athletes have again kept the Golden Arrowhead aloft with classic performances at the International Powerlifting Federations Masters and Commonwealth Powerlifting Federation Championships, being held simultaneously in Sun City, South Africa.
Following up on Demetri Chan’s gold medal achieved in the bench press event on Friday, Nadina Taharally increased Guyana’s medal tally handsomely when she lifted her way to two (2) gold, one (1) silver, and four (4) bronze medals against the best in the world in the Masters 11, 76kg weight class and in cold conditions. Roger Rogers, meanwhile, has captured four (4) silver and two (2) bronze medals.
With a squat of 150kg (330lbs), bench press of 77.5kg (170lbs), and deadlift of 182.5kg (402lbs), for a total of 410.5kg, Taharally achieved bronze medals at World’s in the squat, deadlift and overall, while her numbers were solid for Commonwealth squat and overall gold, silver in the deadlift, and another bronze in the bench press.
Taking the overall gold ahead of Taharally at World’s was the USA’s Joah Iannotta, while Heather Tagg of Great Britain claimed silver.
At Commonwealth, Canada’s Amelie Maya and New Zealand’s Bobby-Jo Williamson had to settle for the overall silver and bronze respectively.
With sessions running very late into the night owing to a late start, Rogers was still able to add and also better his showing at World’s in 2023, like Taharally had done.
He achieved a best squat of 260.0kg, bench press of 162.5kg, and deadlift of 240.0kg for a total of 662.5kg. Those numbers were good enough for Rogers to land a silver in squat and a total bronze at the World Masters, whilst he hauled in silver medals in the squat, bench press, and total with another bronze in the deadlift.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Honourable Charles S. Ramson, MP, on behalf of His Excellency President Dr Irfaan Ali and the Government and people of Guyana, has congratulated both Taharally and Rogers for their exceptional performances in Sun City, South Africa.
Minister Ramson has said he is really impressed with the great improvement of both lifters when compared to their performances at the 2023 World’s which had taken place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
