Of all the IPF raw world records toppled at the 2023 IPF World Classic Championships in St. Julian’s, Malta, the most contested was the Women’s +84-kilogram deadlift. Although ranking in fifth-place overall via a 640.5-kilogram total, Natalie Laalaai of Australia captured a new IPF raw world record deadlift twice during the competition.
Laalaai left Malta with her name next to the heaviest IPF raw deadlift ever, 268 kilograms. Check out the world record lift via the video below, courtesy of the IPF’s Instagram page. She used a mixed grip and only showed a slight pause right before the lockout:
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2023 IPF World Classic Championships Results — Natalie Laalaai, +84KG
Laalaai went eight for nine in attempts. She officially weighed in at 137.9 kilograms.
- Squat
- 232.5 kilograms (512.6 pounds)
- 242.5 kilograms (534.6 pounds)
- 250 kilograms (551.2 pounds)
- Bench Press
- 115 kilograms (253.5 pounds)
- 120 kilograms (264.6 pounds)
- 122.5 kilograms (270.1 pounds)
- Deadlift
- 258 kilograms (568.8 pounds)
- 268 kilograms (590.8 pounds)
275.5 kilograms (607.4 pounds)
- Total — 640.5 kilograms
On Laalaai’s first deadlift attempt, she captured the then-IPF raw world record of 258 kilograms. It didn’t stand long as Sonita Muluh of Belgium, who set an IPF raw squat world record earlier, pulled 260.5 kilograms. Laalaai didn’t reach the podium, but she was not to be denied the world record deadlift, stepping back onto the lifting platform to lockout 268.5 kilograms. She attempted to further it on her third attempt, but it was not to be.
Raw World Records at the 2023 IPF World Classic Championships
Other world records achieved at the 2023 IPF World Classic Championships can be seen below:
- Jonathan Cayco (93KG) Sets Two IPF Raw World Records at the 2023 IPF World Classic Championships
- Asein Enahoro (83KG) Scores IPF World Record Raw Deadlift of 370.5 Kilograms
- Timothy Monigatti (74KG) Sets IPF World Record Raw Squat of 283.5 Kilograms
- Amanda Lawrence (84KG) Sets IPF World Record Squat of 249 Kilograms
- Agata Sitko (76KG) Sets IPF World Record Raw Bench Press of 153 Kilograms
- Carl Johansson (74KG) Scores All-Time World Record Raw Deadlift of 328 Kilograms
- Brian Le (66KG) Sets New All-Time World Record Raw Deadlift of 300.5 Kilograms
- Carola Garra (63KG) Sets All-Time World Record Raw Total of 557.5 Kilograms
- Natalie Richards (57KG) Scores All-Time Raw World Record Total of 512.5 Kilograms
- Farhanna Farid (52KG) Scores All-Time World Record Raw Deadlift of 203 Kilograms
- Tiffany Chapon (47KG) Sets All-Time Raw Bench Press World Record of 99.5 Kilograms
- Heather Connor (47KG) Sets Raw Deadlift World Record of 200 Kilograms
- Anatolii Novopismennyi (105KG) Sets IPF Raw Squat and Total World Records at 2023 IPF World Classic Championships
- Inderraj Singh Dhillon (120KG) Sets IPF World Record Raw Deadlift of 386 Kilograms
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