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Male powerlifter enters women’s event, breaks record
« on: March 30, 2023, 12:40:29 pm »

Effective statement that took balls.


A bearded pro powerlifter entered a women’s competition in Canada — and smashed a record held by a trans lifter who was watching.

Avi Silverberg, the head coach for Team Canada Powerlifting for more than 10 years, entered Saturday’s Heroes Classic tournament in Lethbridge, Alberta, after identifying as a female.

Video shared by athlete activist group the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) shows him walking up to the platform still fully bearded and wearing a regular men’s singlet.

He then casually bench-pressed nearly 370 pounds — beating the current Alberta women’s record by almost 100 pounds.

The current record — 275 pounds — is held by trans athlete Anne Andres, who was seen watching Silverberg while volunteering at the event.

Andres also holds the Alberta women’s record for the deadlift, at 544 pounds — giving her the local record for the total of all three lifts, lifting a combined 1,245 pounds.




https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/male-powerlifter-enters-womens-event-breaks-record/
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Re: Male powerlifter enters women’s event, breaks record
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2023, 01:26:51 pm »
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ICONS said Silverberg “mocked the discriminatory [Canadian Powerlifting Union] policy” that allows competitors to register for events under their “gender identity and expression, rather than their sex or gender,” vowing “no consequences” for doing so.

Good for him.
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Re: Male powerlifter enters women’s event, breaks record
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2023, 01:33:15 pm »
Lol…

Bravo

There’s a “South Park” episode that deals with this issue
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