Cliffe is making ready for the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships.

Remaining up to date on January twenty sixth, 2024

UK powerlifter Tony Cliffe is a two-time World Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Vintage International Champion within the 120-kilogram elegance. He received in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 2019 and once more in Malta in 2023. In between the ones championships, Cliffe switched focal point to single-ply supplied lifting and bronzed on the 2022 International Video games in Birmingham, Alabama.

Along with profitable a 2nd international name in Malta, Cliffe certified for the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships (2024 Sheffield). He has been exhausting at paintings in his storage health club in preparation ever since.

On Jan. 24, 2024, Cliffe shared a coaching replace to his Instagram web page in which he bench pressed an enormous 255.5 kilograms (563 kilos). That’s 2.5 kilograms (5.5 kilos) over the IPF international file in his weight elegance. Check out the raise beneath:

Cliffe trains on my own within the storage of his circle of relatives house (even if coaching in apparatus). Subsequently, he arms the barbell out to himself as a need. It used to be a difficult press-out, however Cliffe locked it out effectively, acknowledging in his caption that the raise used to be “a little bit messy.” It displayed that Cliffe has international file power and has now not but absolutely peaked for pageant. 

The IPF international file within the 120-kilogram elegance is 253 kilograms (558 kilos) scored by way of Dennis Cornelius on the 2016 IPF Vintage International Championships (CWC) in Killeen, Texas. The file got here beneath danger lately on the 2023 Ecu Powerlifting Federation (EPF) Ecu Vintage in Estonia when, because of a training error, upcoming Junior Jonah Wiendieck of Germany matched however didn’t exceed the file.

Cliffe’s subsequent meet shall be 2024 Sheffield, the place he’ll fight 23 of the most productive uncooked lifters the IPF provides throughout a variety of weight categories. The competition is structured to praise competition for breaking Open elegance international information. The primary prize cash is awarded at the share of the full international file completed as follows:

2024 Sheffield Prize Construction

• First Position: £25,000 (~ $31,850)
• 2d Position: £12,500 (~ $15,900)
• 3rd Position: £7,500 (~ $9,550) 
• Fourth Position: £6,000 (~ $7,650)
• 5th Position: £4,000 (~ $5,100)
• 6th Position: £2,000 (~ $2,550)
• 7th Position: £1,750 (~ $2,200)
• 8th Position: £1,500 (~ $1,900)
• 9th Position: £1,250 (~ $1,600)
• tenth Position: £1,000 (~ $1,275)

Along with the principle prize cash, bonuses of £5,000 (~ $6,400) shall be awarded for each and every Open international file damaged. Cliffe appears to be like set to mount a problem at the bench press international file. With the make stronger of the house country fanatics packing out Sheffield Town Corridor, who is aware of what else could be imaginable?

Watch the 2024 Sheffield survive the SBD Attire YouTube Channel on Feb. 10, 2024. It guarantees to be a distinct tournament.

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