World Equipped Championships 2021 - 76kg class

Day 4 started with a cracker of a session with the 76kg women and we had a packed crowd here to see home nation hero, Marte Elverum.

Agata Sitko of Poland, only this year out of the sub-juniors, and Ukraine’s Antonina Marchenko both started strong with massive 240kg opening squats. However, plans did not come to fruition as both also finished with 240kg and Italy’s Francesca Parrello quietly sailed passed, getting all three squats in and finishing on 247.5kg. Elverum also managed 240kg and there was absolutely nothing in it going into bench.

Marchenko had an uncharacteristic nightmare on bench though, failing to get one on the board and dropping out of the world championship race. Sitko was superb, matching the junior world record with 180kg, fully 30kg ahead of Elverum, Kloei Doublin (USVI) and Katja Broxtermann (GER), all benching 150kg. This gave Sitko a commanding lead at sub-total but the other podium places were contested in a three way dance that could not be predicted.

Eliise Mikomagi of Estonia opened with a sub-junior world deadlift record of 190kg and pushed it up to 200kg on her second. In an unexpected twist, world record holder Elverum missed her opening deadlift of 240kg when the bar dipped halfway up. Doublin took the junior world deadlift record with a confident 222.5kg pull but the very next lifter out on the platform was Sitko who took it back with 225kg, incidentally taking the junior total record as a bonus.

Sitko took a well judged 230kg third attempt which pushed up both the deadlift and total junior records and put her in a good place to withstand the coming onslaught. GBR’s Sheri Miles pulled a determined 230kg for a place on the deadlift podium. Doublin, however, missed her third at 230kg, freeing Parrello up for a world record attempt at 250.5kg, secure in the knowledge that her overall bronze was safe. She got it most of the way but just couldn’t lock it out. With second place secure, Marte Elverum came out for 260kg to take the win but, despite the speed it came off the floor and the incredible support of the home nation crowd, she couldn’t get it past her knees.

Who could have predicted that a young lifter barely out of the sub-juniors would take the title ahead of a field full of seasoned competitors? No longer a star of the future, Agata Sitko shone brightly today.

Day 4 started with a cracker of a session with the 76kg women and we had a packed crowd here to see home nation hero, Marte Elverum.

Agata Sitko of Poland, only this year out of the sub-juniors, and Ukraine’s Antonina Marchenko both started strong with massive 240kg opening squats. However, plans did not come to fruition as both also finished with 240kg and Italy’s Francesca Parrello quietly sailed passed, getting all three squats in and finishing on 247.5kg. Elverum also managed 240kg and there was absolutely nothing in it going into bench.

Marchenko had an uncharacteristic nightmare on bench though, failing to get one on the board and dropping out of the world championship race. Sitko was superb, matching the junior world record with 180kg, fully 30kg ahead of Elverum, Kloei Doublin (USVI) and Katja Broxtermann (GER), all benching 150kg. This gave Sitko a commanding lead at sub-total but the other podium places were contested in a three way dance that could not be predicted.

Eliise Mikomagi of Estonia opened with a sub-junior world deadlift record of 190kg and pushed it up to 200kg on her second. In an unexpected twist, world record holder Elverum missed her opening deadlift of 240kg when the bar dipped halfway up. Doublin took the junior world deadlift record with a confident 222.5kg pull but the very next lifter out on the platform was Sitko who took it back with 225kg, incidentally taking the junior total record as a bonus.

Sitko took a well judged 230kg third attempt which pushed up both the deadlift and total junior records and put her in a good place to withstand the coming onslaught. GBR’s Sheri Miles pulled a determined 230kg for a place on the deadlift podium. Doublin, however, missed her third at 230kg, freeing Parrello up for a world record attempt at 250.5kg, secure in the knowledge that her overall bronze was safe. She got it most of the way but just couldn’t lock it out. With second place secure, Marte Elverum came out for 260kg to take the win but, despite the speed it came off the floor and the incredible support of the home nation crowd, she couldn’t get it past her knees.

Who could have predicted that a young lifter barely out of the sub-juniors would take the title ahead of a field full of seasoned competitors? No longer a star of the future, Agata Sitko shone brightly today.

 

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