Toussaint’s 350-pound traditional lift was the highest of any local lifter regardless of weight class ... lift of the evening with a 380-pound traditional combined lift in the unlimited weight class.
For many weight classes a Pace lifter would do their first rep after all the other competitors were finished lifting, allowing them to put on a show in front of a hometown crowd.
As a boy, Tom Stoltman was diagnosed with autism and bullied at school. When he became depressed in his teens, his older brother, a bodybuilder, suggested a trip to the gym ... “Hood up.
“The last couple of weeks our lifting has been a little bit uneven, so we just kind of wanted to get back to lifting well, and we did that today ... She won Traditional with a total lift of 360 pounds, and she won Olympic with a total lift of 345 pounds.
A driven athlete, whose talent for weightlifting led her to become champion of Ukraine in 2021, her disappearance prompted confusion among her training partners ... ....