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IPF Masters Worlds Final Results
(updated 10/5)
Official final results are posted for the IPF Masters World Championships (26th Men's and 16th Women's) which were held September 30 - October 4 in Palm Springs, California. Jason Burnell provided play by play of the lifting action at his USAPL forum.
The United States earned a perfect score of 72 to dominate men's Masters 1 (40-50) action. Finland placed second and Japan a distant third place. Canada was sixth and Great Britain seventeenth. American lifters earned six gold medals and one silver medal. They also swept the best lifter awards, with Brad Gillingham getting the overall honor. Tony Harris and Laddie Gibson placed second and third, respectively. Gillingham totalled 2,331 pounds.
The U.S. men followed up their dominant M1 performance to also take the Masters 2 (50-60) competition. Japan narrowly nipped Canada by two points for the silver medal. Great Britain finished seventh. Americans won four gold medals, two silver, and one bronze. American legend Mike Bridges, 198, finished second in best lifter honors to Japanese legend Hiroyuki Isagawa. Isagawa, 132, totalled 1,372 pounds to Bridges 1,763 pounds.
The American men made it a clean sweep by winning the Masters 3 (60-70) competition. France earned silver and Japan continued its excellent Championships with a bronze medal. Great Britain was fifth and Canada seventh. The U.S. won two gold and four silver medals.
Masters 1 (40-50) women saw the United States win the team competition. Australia was second and Great Britain third. Canada finished eighth. The Americans grabbed five silver and one bronze medal. Best lifter was the Netherlands Joanne Schaefer-Williams, shw who totalled 1,394.
Masters 2 (50-60) women finished competition with home team U.S.A. capturing team gold and, like the men, sweeping the women's event. Finland placed second and Great Britain went home with the bronze. Canada finished just one point off of the podium in fourth. The U.S. M2 women brought home two gold, four silver, and two bronze medals. Great Britain's Jenny Unter, 123, was named best lifter, accumulating an 837 pound total. American Harriet Hall, shw, finished third in the M2 best lifter honors and won the M3 award.
