The competition at the 2024 IPF World Classic Sub-Junior Championships from Aug. 28 through Sept. 8, 2024, in Valletta, Malta, was so immense that setting multiple IPF records did not guarantee a gold medal. In the Men’s 53KG Sub-Junior raw category, Luke Talley of Australia scored new IPF raw squat and bench press world records en route to a 496-kilogram total — a half-kilogram shy of winning the gold.
Talley opened his competition 208-kilogram squat at 52.25 kilograms bodyweight — a four-times bodyweight first attempt. He succeeded and called for a new IPF Sub-Junior world record of 220.5 kilograms on his second attempt. The lift was good, and he did not call it there. He attempted a 228-kilogram third attempt but missed.
Talley’s bench press performance was a clean progression of three successful attempts. He opened with 120.5 kilograms, moved up to 125.5 kilograms, and closed with a new IPF Sub-Junior world record of 130.5 kilograms.
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Talley was bested on the podium by France’s Allan Duong Dinh Hy, who triumphed with a 496.5-kilogram total comprised of a 147.5-kilogram squat, a 102.5-kilogram bench press, and an IPF Sub-Junior world record 246.5-kilogram deadlift.
2024 IPF World Classic Sub-Junior Championships Results — Luke Talley, 53KG
Talley weight eight-for-nine in attempts on contest day. His only blemish was his final bench press which would have added 7.5 kilograms to the IPF Sub-Junior world record he set on his previous attempt.
- Squat
- 208 kilograms
- 220.5 kilograms — IPF Sub-Junior World Record
228 kilograms
- Bench Press
- 120.5 kilograms
- 125.5 kilograms
- 130.5 kilograms — IPF Sub-Junior World Record
- Deadlift
- 135 kilograms
- 142.5 kilograms
- 145 kilograms
- Total — 496 kilograms
Since making his competitive powerlifting debut at age 15, Talley had never missed the top of the podium before this contest. According to Open Powerlifting, this was the seventh sanctioned meet of his competitive career.
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