{"id":16594,"date":"2024-02-13T19:38:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2024-02-13T19:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T19:38:09","slug":"carlos-petterson-griffith-gears-up-for-sheffield-powerlifting-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/carlos-petterson-griffith-gears-up-for-sheffield-powerlifting-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Petterson-Griffith Gears Up for Sheffield Powerlifting Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>National athlete Carlos Petterson-Griffith is set to take on one of his biggest challenges yet as he competes against eleven of the world&#8217;s top athletes in the prestigious Sheffield Powerlifting Championships in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sheffield Powerlifting Championships, now in its second edition, will feature twelve male and twelve female athletes vying for world records in front of a sell-out crowd at Sheffield City Hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the competitors are seven former world powerlifting champions, six of whom have multiple championship titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petterson-Griffith, who previously secured a silver medal at the IPF competition, aims to showcase himself as a world-class athlete and represent the competitive spirit of Guyana on the international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview, Petterson-Griffith expressed his honor to participate in the event and emphasized his intention to inspire other local athletes to elevate their performance levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition will see formidable opponents in the male category, including two-time world champions Jonathan Cayco and Delaney Wallace, as well as three-time world champion Jesus Olivares from the USA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notable competitors also include reigning world champion Carl Johansson from Sweden, Tony Cliffe from the United Kingdom, and Panagiotis Tarinidis of France, all multiple-time world champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner of this year&#8217;s championship will receive a substantial prize, with USD $31,000 for first place, $15,000 for second, and $9,000 for third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, a $5,000 prize will be awarded for any international powerlifting record broken in the squat, bench press, deadlift, or total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is sponsored by SDB Apparel and the International Powerlifting Federation, with Petterson-Griffith receiving sponsorship support from SBD Apparel, Fitness Express, Digicel, Superior Concrete Inc, and the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petterson-Griffith&#8217;s participation underscores his commitment to excellence and his determination to compete at the highest level, representing Guyana with pride on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National athlete Carlos Petterson-Griffith is set to take on one of his biggest challenges yet as he competes against eleven of the world&#8217;s top athletes in the prestigious Sheffield Powerlifting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16596,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16594\/revisions\/16596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}