Competition Recap - Variety Village

Three short weeks after her first weightlifting competition  Syd is at it again and took first place at the 2017 Variety Village Weightlifting Competition. With focus and determination, Syd trained all through the holiday season and was pumped to take to the platform on January 7th. 

Syd made some improvements over her first competition and made 4 out of 6 lifts. She finished the competition with a 64 kg snatch, 77 kg C&J and finished with a total of 141 kg in the 75+ kg weight class.

This is the last time that women will be able to compete in the 75+ kg weight class. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) decided to revise the female weight classes following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. While the lighter weight classes will remain the same, the heaviest weight class (75+) has been replaced with a 90 kg weight class. Additionally, a 90+ kg weight class has been added which increases the number of competitive weight classes from 7 to 8. 

Regardless of this change in weight classes for female competitiors, Syd was able to secure a qualifying total that will allow her to compete at WinterLift in February.