Few Americans may have heard of Canadian powerlifter Anne Andres, but the record-smashing athlete is quickly emerging as the north-of-the-border version of Lia Thomas.
than the closest competitor to win a women’s regional masters’ championship, setting multiple Canadian records and unofficial world records.
“What Anne is doing is unheard of in women’s powerlifting, but this is a 40-year-old, 260-lb. man,” Hutchinson told The Washington Times. “He took all the records. He has all of them.” The Aug. 10-13 meet in Brandon, Manitoba, was Andres’ first in the masters’ category for athletes over age 40, and Andres set Canadian records in the squat, bench and deadlift for competitors over 84 kilograms, or 185 lbs.Andres also set unofficial all-time masters’ women’s world records for the deadlift and for total weight lifted, according to Fitness Volt, a strength-sports publication.
“Andres’ record is a mediocre lift by a mediocre male powerlifter because the Canadian Powerlifting Union is discriminating against female athletes,” Gaines said in a TikTok post.on Instagram, responded to the win by emphasizing the event’s camaraderie, saying “I got to lift with friends from across Canada. Friends who welcome me and love me and want me to be there.”
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