{"id":23755,"date":"2024-10-28T18:59:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23755"},"modified":"2024-10-28T18:59:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:59:40","slug":"guyanas-powerlifters-shine-at-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-powerlifters-shine-at-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Powerlifters Shine at World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Travis Seymour | October 8, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masters powerlifters Roger Rogers and Nadina Taharally have achieved remarkable success at the International Powerlifting Federation&#8217;s South African Powerlifting Federation\u2019s World Masters and Commonwealth Classic &amp; Equipped Powerlifting Championships. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prestigious event, which commenced on October 5 in Sun City, South Africa, showcased their impressive talents on an international stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Masters Two Men&#8217;s Over 50 category, Roger Rogers competed against eight athletes from around the globe and four from the Commonwealth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He secured the overall bronze medal in the world competition, finishing behind Great Britain&#8217;s Simon Scott and Greville Darren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers also excelled in the Commonwealth segment, where he claimed silver overall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His accolades included a silver medal in squat, a bronze in deadlift, and another silver in bench press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Nadina Taharally competed in the Masters Two Women&#8217;s Over 50, 76 kg class, where she made a significant impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She won the Commonwealth squat gold medal, alongside a bronze in bench press and a silver in deadlift, culminating in an overall gold medal for her category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the world championship segment, Taharally finished third, securing a bronze medal in squat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her performance included a challenging showdown with Hungary&#8217;s Anna Sashegyi, where she achieved an impressive 402-pound deadlift to clinch the overall bronze medal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taharally ultimately finished third behind the USA&#8217;s Iannotta Joah and Great Britain&#8217;s Heather Tag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competition will continue until Sunday, with Bjorn (Jorn) Williams representing Guyana in upcoming events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour | October 8, 2024 Masters powerlifters Roger Rogers and Nadina Taharally have achieved remarkable success at the International Powerlifting Federation&#8217;s South African Powerlifting Federation\u2019s World Masters and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23755","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\/23755","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=23755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23756,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23755\/revisions\/23756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}