Siim Rast made powerlifting history
Siim Rast made history at the Estonian Powerlifting Championships held yesterday, March 30. The 24-year-old became the first Estonian in powerlifting history to total over 1000 kilograms! Siim squatted 386 kg, officially the heaviest squat ever recorded in Estonia. He recorded a bench press of 280 kg and set an Estonian deadlift record in his weight class (120+ kg) with 335 kilograms. That brought his total to 1001 kg!
Siim commented on the achievement: “At today’s Estonian Championships, I finally fulfilled a dream and pushed my personal best total past 1000kg—to 1001kg, to be exact.
I can’t say it was a good competition, but I still managed to give it everything I had today. I narrowly missed a 400kg squat and had to settle for my opening weight of 280kg on the bench press, but thanks to a 335kg deadlift, I still managed to reach that 1000kg total.
Today’s best lifts were (386kg, 280kg, 335kg).
Thank you to all my supporters, my family, and Reval-Sport Powerlifting Team”.
History was also made among the lighter men, with two athletes breaking the all-time Estonian deadlift record. First, Rait Sagor broke the record with a lift of 358 kg. Immediately afterwards, Elar Kraav claimed it with a lift of 360 kg. No one in Estonia had ever officially deadlifted that weight before.
The competition also featured an incredibly close battle for the overall Estonian title between two athletes: last year’s overall European junior champion Alex-Edward Raus and European Junior Championships bronze medallist Rait Sagor. The outcome was still uncertain at the penultimate deadlift attempt. Alex held a narrow lead, but Rait still had his final deadlift attempt in reserve and needed to complete it successfully to overtake his rival. He did just that, lifting 358 kg with apparent ease and beating Alex by 0.17 Wilks points.
You can watch Alex and Rait battle it out again on April 12 at the European Junior Championships, where they will compete in the same weight class.
Pictured (left to right): Elar Kraav, Rait Sagor, Alex-Edward Raus, Taavi Pehme, Siim Rast, Aimar Kuusnõmm.
Author: Estonian Powerlifting Federation
Source:Turg.Fitness.ee
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