By GSPN
Guam’s Anthony ‘Bigtone’ Salas walked away from the drug tested 2019 USPA National Championship in Las Vegas with two gold medals totaling a 1790 lb lift, including a personal best of 474 lbs in the bench press. Salas was even awarded a medal for “Best Lift”.
“I’m never satisfied because I’m still very new to the sport and feel there’s a lot of things to be worked on,” said Salas on his performance via Instagram messaging.
“The competition was tough. The person who took second was neck-and-neck on our final deadlift attempts,” added Salas.
Athony Salas straps up for his lifts during the USPA National Championship in Las Vegas. (photo courtesy of Anthony Salas)
Weightlifting
POWERLIFTERS REPRESENT WELL IN TEXAS MEET
COMING SOON …
- Brawl 3: Oct 13
- Guam’s Strongest Man and Woman Competition October 29
QUICK HITS
The Figo Islanders 40s women’s softball team took gold in the Senior Softball World Championship in Las Vegas. Figo came out of the loser’s bracket and beat the Arizona Belles 17-3 in the AA division championship game Sunday afternoon.
Other Guam teams that played in the 40s tournament were: Team SOTTA (women’s) and Bud Light Guam, Friars 671 and Sindalun Guahan (men’s).
Sindalu finished a respectable 4th out of 24 AAA division teams.
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In Guam’s first time competing in the FIBA Asia Cup, we draw China, Japan, and Mongolia in Group C. Competition begins in 2024. Guam also moves up the FIBA world rankings to #76.
