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    Nur-Sultan 2019: Strongest to be crowned

    12.07.2019

    Paralympic powerlifting champions take centre stage in Kazakhstan

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    By World Para Powerlifting
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    All eyes will be on the Kazakh capital city of Nur-Sultan as the strongest Paralympians fight for the World Para Powerlifting Championships title between 13-20 July.

    A total of 441 athletes from 78 nations aim to win one of the 20 gold medals up for grabs.

    Chinese reigning world champion Lingling Guo will be one of the big names competing in the women’s up to 45kg on Saturday.

    The men’s up to 49kg could see either reigning world champion Le Van Cong of Vietnam or Jordan’s Worlds runner-up Omar Qarada grabbing the top prize.

    China are also hopeful of landing gold in the women’s up to 41kg through defending world champion Cui Zhe.

    Sherif Osman, like wine

    Owner of the Rio 2016 Paralympic and Mexico City 2017 gold medals, plus the world record (211kg), the Egyptian has all the forces in his favour in the men’s up to 59kg.

    “I remember, I read on the IPC website a while back, someone wrote ‘Sherif is like a fine wine, he gets better with age’,” he said.

    “It is true! Getting stronger as you get older is of course a challenge. But I like the wine comparison. it is my belief that I will keep getting better.”

    Kazakh medal hopeful

    Home fans will be cheering on Raushan Koishibayeva as she participates in the women’s up to 67kg on 16 July after a successful 2018 which saw her ending second at both the Asia-Oceania Open and the Asian Para Games.

    The Paralympic silver medallist seeks to outdo her performance from the 2017 World Championships, where she ended fifth.

    “I am proud that our country will host such a big event and I think that all of this will have a positive effect and help Kazakh Para sport to move forward,” she said.

    “I hope for a successful performance because these are home walls and there is double the amount of responsibility. But we will see. The barbell will single out the winner.”

    One day earlier, Mexican multiple Paralympic champion Amalia Perez will be hoping to add a fourth world title to her trophy cabinet in the women’s up to 55kg.

    More top names competing

    Nigerian world and Paralympic champion Paul Kehinde continues to get stronger and will be the man-to-beat in the men’s up to 65kg.

    He said: “I know I can break the world record again, because I’m the one who set it, and I believe by the grace of God, I’m going to add kilograms. I want to set a record that nobody will be able to break.”

    The world’s strongest Paralympian Siamand Rahman will be in action on the penultimate day of competition, with many expecting him to go for the world record of 310kg he set back at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

    The first mixed team events will be contested on the final day. Each team will be represented by three powerlifters, with at least one of them being a female.

    Mexico’s Jose Castillo Castillo, Brazil’s Evanio Da Silva and Iraq’s Rasool Mohsin are some of the big names expected to take part in it.

    You can watch the Nur-Sultan 2019 World Para Powerlifting Junior Championships live on its official website and Facebook page.

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