Underdown prolonged her personal deadlift World File.
In 2021, Lucy Underdown set a file by changing into the primary girl to deadlift 300 kilograms (661.4 kilos) in a contest setting. Over the next years, she proceeded to make her mark in strongwoman contests, together with a number of podium placings within the UK’s Strongest Lady competitors (2021-2023) and a victory on the 2023 Official Strongman Video games (OSG) European Championship to develop into Europe’s Strongest Lady.
Her newest record-setting efficiency throughout the 2023 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) ought to have been no shock to anybody following her trajectory within the energy sport. Underdown turned the primary girl to deadlift 318 kilograms (700 kilos).
The World Deadlift Championships befell as an adjunct competitors throughout the 2023 Giants Stay World Open (GLWO). Whereas some athletes solely participated within the WDC, athletes in each contests carried out the deadlift in progressively heavier rounds and scores from the WDC-only opponents didn’t have an effect on athlete rankings within the GLWO.
Underdown accomplished the deadlift utilizing solely a pair of lifting straps for assist. Whereas a lifting go well with was allowed beneath strongman guidelines, she opted towards utilizing one and relied on her personal pulling energy.
Along with her newest World File, Underdown broke her personal deadlift file of 305 kilograms (672 pounds) set throughout the 2023 UK’s Strongest Lady contest in Might. The 318-kilogram (700-pound) deadlift is formally the heaviest deadlift pulled in competitors by a feminine energy athlete in both strongwoman or powerlifting.
Whereas aggressive powerlifters aren’t allowed to make use of lifting straps, the heaviest deadlift in a go well with belongs to Becca Swanson who pulled 314.9 kilograms (694.4 kilos) throughout the 2005 World Powerlifting Congress (WPC) WPO European Semi Finals.
The Remainder of the Competitors
Apart from Underdown’s continued deadlifting dominance, the WDC and GLWO delivered on different fronts. Within the males’s deadlift competitors, Graham Hicks got here out victorious with an enormous 470-kilogram (1,036.1-pound) pull.
Hicks’ profitable deadlift didn’t set a World File or seize the Giants Stay standing supply of $50,000 to anybody finishing a 505-kilogram (1,113.3-pound) deadlift. Nonetheless, his efficiency nonetheless bested fellow strongmen together with 2022 WDC champion Rauno Heinla and Ivan Makarov — each of whom peaked at 455 kilograms (1,003.1 kilos) throughout the competitors.
The first contest — the 2023 Giants Stay World Open — was received by Evan “T-Rex” Singleton. It was his second GLWO title, having beforehand received in 2021. It’s also his second contest win of the 2023 aggressive season, including to his victory on the 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic in July.
Underdown’s Subsequent Step
After claiming yet one more file, Underdown hasn’t formally introduced her subsequent aggressive plans. Nonetheless, in a recap posted to her Instagram following the competition, Underdown made it clear she’s not taking her continued excellence frivolously.
“I began this journey [five] years in the past and I by no means thought I’d get this far! However I’ve obtained way more to offer! … I’m robust. I’ve at all times been robust and I work actually [expletive] laborious! I really like this sport and I can’t wait to assist pave the best way for the ladies!!”
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