(updated 11/24)

Unofficial reports are coming in from the WPC Powerlifting and Bench Press World Championships which took place November 17-22 in Bournemouth, Great Britain.

Russian Andrey Belyeav was named the meet's best lifter. France's Richard Ligier was named best bencher.

The team victory went to Great Britain. Russia placed second with Egypt taking third.

Partial & Unofficial Open Powerlifting Results

(updated with bench press video.)

Below is video of Iceland's Sigfus Fossdal (shw) squatting 959 pounds (435kg) at the WPF Powerlifting, Bench Press and Deadlift World Championships which took place November 10-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Fossdal added a 760 pound (345kg) bench press and 683 pound (310kg) deadlift to total 2,403 pounds (1,090kg). He placed second at superheavyweight to best overall lifter, Lance Karabel, by a mere 10 pounds.

Fossdal then came back to win the best bencher honors a couple of days later. He pressed 755 pounds (342.5kg).

Competing on Saturday at the GBPF British University and College Powerlifting Championship in Bournemouth, England instead of the IPF Powerlifting Worlds in India due to the team's mixup with Visas, England's Mark Gregory (220) posted a 1,859 pound (843.5kg) total that included a British Junior Record squat of 751 pounds (341kg).

(updated 11/24)

While official results have yet to be published for the WPF Powerlifting, Bench Press and Deadlift World Championships, below are unofficial results from the event which was held November 10-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lance Karabel backed up his USPF Nationals best lifter award by claiming Worlds best lifter honors. Liz Freel won the award for the women.

Iceland's Sigfus Fossdal pressed 755 pounds (342.5kg) to earn the men's best bencher award. Mari Asp won the award for the women with her 308 pound bench press.

Tyson Myers (242) put up a 1,835 raw total on Saturday at the NASA Kansas Regional Championships held in Salina, Kansas. Myers is the nineteenth ranked powerlifter in the world on the Powerlifting Watch Power Rankings and ranks second on the Lifter Rankings with an 1,851 pound total.

England's Marian Gibson (148) bench pressed 220 pounds (100kg) raw on Saturday at the GBPF British University and College Powerlifting Championship in Bournemouth, England.

In a decision made at the just completed WPC World Championships, the 2010 WPC Powerlifting and Bench Press World Championships will be moved to Finland. That is a change from the original location, which was slated to be the Ukraine.

Scott Layman (148) recorded a WPF World Record squat of 606 pounds at the federation's Powerlifting, Bench Press and Deadlift World Championships which took place November 10-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The former record of 600 pounds was held by Darren Matsumoto.

An ailing knee contributed to Scott Cartwright (308) being unable to get in a squat yesterday at the IPA Senior Nationals at York Barbell in York, Pennsylvania. Cartwright missed three attempts with 1,100 pounds.