Wallace looked in great form on his opening squat, dancing his way to the bar. His second moved extremely well and he looked confident and in control coming out for this third. He stood it up but the jury overturned it.
However, Kengamu was having his own problems. He was slow into the hole on his second squat and ground to a halt not far from the bottom. His world championship campaign had hit a serious roadblock. He stood it up on his third but it was turned down on depth and the whole competition landscape shifted.
Wallace put in a solid 490kg sub-total, having drawn the bronze medal in both squat and bench. This put his 20kg up the road from Italy's Edoardo Mazzucchielli who had taken the squat gold with 297.5kg.
With some big deadlifters in the pack, we knew not to read too much into the sub-totals and, indeed, here comes Nick Manders of Canada for 240kg to move himself up from 17th to 7th. He had some balance issues at the top which meant he had to take it again for his second.
Meanwhile, the 83kg deadlift king, Asein Enahoro, was making a relaxed approach to the platform for 350kg. It leapt to lockout like a startled bird and suddenly the Hungarian was in second place, only 15kg behind Wallace.
Wallace's second deadlift attempt at 325kg looked close to the limit and Enahoro closed the gap even more when he called for a world record attempt of 370.5kg for his second. It was as fast as his first and Wallace looked to be under threat.
Wallace missed his third, leaving the way clear for Enahoro to load up to pull for the win. First though Manders took an ambitious 27.5kg jump to compensate for his missed opener, pulling himself all the way from 9th right onto the podium.
One lift remained. 380.5kg, as incredible a number as that is, looked credible and the crowd tore the roof off as Enahoro made his signature relaxed stroll out to the platform. The bar moved but it didn't go far and Wallace took his second world title.
Delaney Wallace USA 815kg
Asein Enahoro HUN 805.5kg
Nick Manders CAN
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