Originally published on IPF social media on 15th June 2023
In the 63kg class at Classic Worlds, Italy's Carola Garra, made a welcome return to the classic platform, having picked up an equipped world title and a World Games gold medal since we last saw her at Classic Worlds.
She looked superb on squats, hitting a personal best of 207.5kg to take the squat gold. Incoming world champion, Meghan Scanlon of USA, looked strong too. She took the silver medal with a comfortable 195kg.
Garra's team-mate Chiara Bernardi struggled though. Nominated in second, she missed the world title last year by 750g of bodyweight. Bernardi is usually pretty consistent on squat but she missed her opener on depth. Her second of 185kg was granted 2 to 1 and this proved to be enough for the squat bronze.
Garra is the bench press world record holder in this class and she extended her lead to nearly 30kg with her opening attempt. A world record attempt for her third didn't come off but she maintained the gap back to Scanlon who was now more than 20kg clear of Bernardi, with GBR's Joy Nnamani another 20kg further back.
Openers and seconds went by without incident and the first two places looked pretty settled. But Nnamani was on form and she had closed the gap to Bernardi to 10kg. The bronze was not safe.
Garra was out first for 207.5kg and took Lya Bavoil's total world record with her final pull. Scanlon next for 210kg and this netted her the deadlift bronze. Bernardi, defending against Nnamani, took 220kg for the deadlift silver and then retreated to the back to see if she would keep the bronze medal overall.
Nnamani called for a world record deadlift of 240.5kg to oust Bernardi from the podium. It moved well from the floor but stalled a little at the knee before locking out. Did it dip? Did it rest briefly on the thighs? The referees thought so and the lift drew two red lights. Bernardi keeps the bronze.
Carola Garra ITA 557.5kg
Meghan Scanlon USA 532.5kg
Chiara Bernardi ITA 520kg
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