2008-09-10

andygates: (Default)
2008-09-10 07:04 pm

Paralympic powerlifting

Okay, I wasn't expecting to see this - maybe because regular powerlifting (deadlift, squat and benchpress) isn't an Olympic sport for a variety of reasons.  But no, paralympic powerlifting exists: it's a straight benchpress competition factored on bodyweight.  Turns out that powerlifting has been inclusive this way for decades, lower-limb amputees and spinal injury folks making up most of the competitors.  How cool is that?  Love to see some brute power in the games as well as the skill.