Women’s classic session on Day 2 of the Arnold UK CONTINUED
After extending her own squat world record to 213kg, France’s Lya Bavoil led the way heading into bench with team-mate Tiffany Chapon a couple of GL points behind and Italy’s Carola Garra only another half a point back.
However, things soon turned around when Garra leapt into the lead with a massive 132.5kg opener. and Chapon’s 92.5kg was enough to move ahead of Bavoil, pushing her down into third.
Into the second round and Bavoil took a big jump to 110kg to move back past Chapon who couldn’t improve on her opener. Garra, however, looked superb with 140kg and asked for a world record attempt of 143.5kg for her third. She looked confident approaching the bench and the crowd shouted their support as she pressed it comfortably for a new 63kg world record.
Further down the field, Bobbie Butters took 110kg in the 63kg class for a new British record and clung on to 4th place, just a couple of points ahead of Italy’s Chiara Berna...
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