# @theipf on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-11-14T13:05:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** IPF Powerlifting (@theipf) — https://gondola.cc/theipf

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The 2022 Equipped world championships are underway in Viborg, Denmark and we had a cracker of a session to kick us off with the 47kg class.

Sue Elwyn USVI extended her own M4 squat world record to 95kg on her second attempt and Tetiana Bila of Ukraine laid down an early marker, taking the squat silver with a massive 180kg. Bronze went to Chinese Taipei’s Tzu-Yin Tseng with 170kg. However, the big story was Japan’s Yukako Fukushima. 6 time powerlifting world champion, at 52 years old she won the gold medal at this year’s World Games. She started as she meant to carry on – she took the gold medal on squat and increased her own M2 world record to 182.5kg.

On to bench and Kotomi Hayakawa of Japan leapt into contention with 107.5kg for the silver. Bila looked calm and assured throughout, making all her benches look easy and snagging the bronze with 105kg. Fukushima dominated here too with a new M2 world record of 130kg. This gave Fukushima a decent lead but, at sub-total, Bila and Hayakawa were too close to call.

Fukushima extended her own M2 total world record with her second pull and cemented her 7th world title. The rest of the podium places were not decided though and we had an exciting finish with Hayakawa attempting a massive 175kg to take overall second. She got it all the way but a groan ran around the audience when the bar dipped noticeably at the top. Nevertheless she gained the top step of the podium for the deadlift medals with Fukushima taking silver and Mei-Xiang Liu of Chinese Taipei snagging the bronze.

This meant that Tetiana Bila, who put in a solid 9 for 9 performance, took silver behind the incredible Fukushima.

A fantastic way to start the competition – and we have so much more to come. Don’t miss any session – streamed live on the Olympic Channel.

danskstyrkeloeftforbund 

#IPF #Equipped #Powerlifting #WorldChampionships #EquippedWorlds #WorldEquipped

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