Congratulations to the masters who competed on the first day of the World Masters in Mongolia. We started with the M4 men and they started us off in great form. Here are our new M4 word champions: 59kg - Katsuji Okiura JPN 66kg - Manuel Rodriguez USA 74kg - John Terragni DEN 83kg - John LaFlamme - USA 93kg - Maamchuluun Tseveendorj - MGL 105kg - Pierre Baillargeon - CAN 120kg - Valeriy Stepanenko KAZ Best lifters were: 1st John LaFlamme USA - 71.4686 GL points 2nd Manuel Rodrigues USA - 68.8651 GL points 3rd Pierre Baillargeon CAN - 68.1728 GL points Team Awards: 1st Japan - 35 points 2nd Mongolia - 27 points 3rd USA - 24 points World Records: Hiroyuki Isagawa JPN - 100kg bench - M4 59kg class Well done chaps, a great start! #IPF #Masters #WorldChampionships #Classic #Equipped #WorldMasters asian.powerlifting.federation