The 120kg class will lift on Friday evening at the World Equipped Powerlifting Championships in Viborg, Denmark next week and with half a dozen 400kg+ squatters in the group, we will see some mammoth weights shifted in this session. Ukraine’s Oleksiy Bychkov has to be the stand-out favourite – he has dominated this class for nearly ten years now. He won his first World title in 2015 and has been unstoppable since, winning every single year. He took the gold medal at The World Games in Alabama this summer and he holds the total world record so he is the man to beat. Sen Yang of Chinese Taipei will be aiming to do just that. He finally took the squat world record in Alabama, having had to forfeit it at last year’s world championships as he just couldn’t keep hold of his deadlift. His grip looked solid at The World Games though and it netted him the silver medal behind Bychkov. He is challenged by his team-mate, Chi-Sen Tien, who is a bare 12.5kg behind on nominations. He took the bron...