Lovelace continues to push the boundaries of what to anticipate from strongwomen.
Rhianon Lovelace’s pound-for-pound prowess may be unmatched in the present catalog of dynamic strongwomen. The British powerhouse relies on a foundation of apparent pure strength and makes it a habit to attain great things any time she has a barbell, Atlas stone, or general heavy implement inside her grasp. In one among the primary significant competitive appearances the strength community has seen from Lovelace in 2023, she continued her established precedent to amaze.
On Jan. 22, 2023, Lovelace captured a 101-kilogram (222.6-pound) Axle Press in the course of the 2023 Kaos Recent 12 months Push/Pull 2023 contest on the Kaos Strength Gym in Preston, England. The astonishing feat is an all-time U64 (64-kilogram weight class) World Record. Much more so, it demonstrates that after a 2022 calendar yr where Lovelace sprinkled in noteworthy achievements throughout several competitions, the athlete remains to be pushing full steam ahead to etch her name at the highest of a record list anywhere possible.
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Lovelace seemingly understands her status in the fashionable strongwoman sphere. As she gears up for an additional productive yr of competitions, the athlete had a succinct summary of her Axle Press record in a post of the lift on her Instagram profile.
“Three weeks into 2023, and we’re already one world record in,” Lovelace wrote. “Big plans this yr, just the start.”
A two-time U64 World’s Strongest Woman (WSW) champion (2018, 2022), Lovelace has been no slouch regarding full-slate, major strongwoman contests of late. Based on Strongman Archives, the athlete can boast three out of 4 podium finishes within the tentpole WSW predominant event. The one instance during which Lovelace fell in need of a top-two result was during her WSW debut in December 2017.
Outside of the WSW parameters, Lovelace made 2022 slightly prolific with all circumstances considered. Last May, the athlete broke the British raw deadlift World Record with a pull of 241 kilograms (530 kilos) from the 2022 British Powerlifting Union (BPU) contest. She followed that accomplishment by breaking the all-time strongwoman deadlift World Record (282.5 kilograms/623 kilos) on the 2022 Berkshire’s Strongest competition. Finally, in September 2022 — roughly a month and a half before Lovelace captured her second profession WSW championship — the competitor broke the Axle Deadlift World Record with a pull of 261.5 kilograms (576.5 kilos) in the course of the 2022 Arnold Strongman (AS) UK.
With this latest Axle Press notch in her lifting belt, it seems Lovelace is picking up where she left off in 2022.
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Few of Lovelace’s peers could likely match what she executes within the gym and in sanctioned competitions. Within the months ahead in 2023, it seems inevitable she’ll proceed to climb mind-bending heights with regards to showcasing impeccable displays of power and can.
Featured image: @rhianon.lovelace.kaosstrength on Instagram