Originally published on IPF social media on 17th June 2023
We expected the 93kg class at classic worlds to be a four way fight but things panned out a little differently.
Amar Kanane of Algeria took the squat gold with 325kg but missed a world record attempt at 331.5kg. Sweden's Gustav Hedlund was looking in great shape and he took silver with 320kg. USA's Gavin Adin was in all kinds of trouble though. As strong as he looked on his opener, he lost his balance at the top and stepped forward before the rack command. He hit his second at 310kg but his final squat was rejected by the jury and he finished off the podium on his best event.
2021 world champion, Jonathan Cayco of Team USA, came into his own on bench. He looked unstoppable and extended his own world record with an easy looking 243kg. Bulgaria's Emil Krastev was quietly building his total and a 232.5kg bench gave him overall second place as well as the bench silver, with Adin and Hedlund only 5kg behind.
The leaders were pretty evenly matched on deadlift but Adin opened 10kg lighter than the rest and started to slip back and come under pressure from deadlift specialist, Sascha Stendebach of Germany. Everyone hit their second attempts and the tension mounted as we moved into the final round.
Krastev was the first of the contenders to come out for their final pull. He attempted 342.5kg to defend his silver medal but he couldn't quite bring it back to lockout and it sprang from his grasp. Adin was next out for the same weight to try to move up to silver medal position. He looked fired up as he charged the platform but he couldn't get it moving and he finished off the podium.
Cayco rounded out a perfect day with an easy looking 345kg pull that broke his own total world record and, realistically, gave him his second world title.
Next out was Hedlund for 345kg to try to knock Krastev down to third. It wasn't an easy pull but it was a successful one and Hedlund took the silver medal.
Stendebach had the honour of the final pull of the session and 365kg moved him up to third and gave him the deadlift gold.
Jonathan Cayco USA 888kg
Gustav Hedlund SWE 875kg
Emil Krastev BUL 872.5kg
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