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Diary of a Weightlifter - Diary of a Weightlifter
The 2023 Canadian Masters Championship.
By Thorin Gault 107kg for a successful attempt, Continued from page 24 the instructors who work at Big Ben
breaking my own Canadian
those are things that make playing Ski Centre in Cornwall. “When I’m at
Masters record by 1kg. I was
sports fun. What I find most difficult Big Ben, I get to teach people how to
feeling quite strong and confident about the sports I play is the late game snowboard so they can have fun with
and called for 111kg on my final times. Now that we are older, we play their friends and family out on the ski
attempt, which I narrowly missed. later in the evening which can mean hill. It’s great to have the opportunity
being very tired when you go out to pass on some of my snowboarding
My result in the snatch to play or getting up tired the next knowledge to people of all ages so
FPO
FPO guaranteed me winning the morning.” they can enjoy it as much as I do,”
gold as long as I was able to
explains Bryce.
A sports memory that remains special
successfully make one clean and to Bryce is earning the Dorothy Looking ahead to sports-related
jerk attempt. This seemingly Cummings Memorial Award during goals, Bryce shares that he’d like to
easy task became a bit dramatic the 2015-2016 minor hockey season. continue playing soccer and hockey
This award is granted to players who and hitting the slopes well into
as about half-way through my
best display qualities of enthusiasm adulthood. “It will be a fun way to
clean and jerk warm-up it became and sportsmanship throughout the stay in shape and keep in touch with
evident that I had injured my right Char-Lan Novice (U9) Division. good friends when I’m older,” he
leg. By the time it came to my Bryce is also quite enthusiastic explains.
opener I was hurting pretty bad. about snowboarding. He fell in love These days, when Bryce has free
Knowing that I may only get one with the winter sport when he was time, he likes to hang with his friends,
seven years old. Today, he is one of ride his dirt-bike, and hunt.
shot at it, I lowered the attempt to
a typically easy 123kg, which I
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30 to 90 years old, representing even though I did not need to add
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time the National Masters event refused to cooperate and I did Now Available Oil Based Stains
was held over three days, and not get the bar past my waist. I
the organizing committee did an declined my final attempt.
excellent job. This was my 9th gold medal 100% Canadian
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age group in the -96kg (211.3lbs) in 2021,) and the win will give stains
weight class. The first challenge me enough points to be inducted
was that my weigh-in was at 7 into the Canadian Masters
a.m., with our session starting to Weightlifting Hall of Fame at the
lift at 9 a.m. Typically, the heavier end of the season.
weight classes lift later in the day, Now for a short break to heal
so I was not accustomed to the up and then back to work to Since 1988
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