Tbilisi 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup Squad Announcement

British Weight Lifting are proud to provide further opportunity for athletes to represent their country and strengthen their Tokyo qualification ambitions. British Weight Lifting will be taking a small squad to the next Para Powerlifting World Cup in Tbilisis, Georgia from Thursday 20 May to Sunday 23 May 2021, as this event is a strategic qualifying competition for the 2020 Paralympic Games.

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Louise Sugden will be competing in the women's 86kg category. At the recent World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Manchester Louise secured a silver medal, breaking the British record she set in Manchester 2020 with her third-round lift of 128 kg.

Olivia Broome will be competing in the women's 50kg category. In her most recent competition in Manchester Zoe successfully lifted a personal best of 100kg on her second lift of the competition, which was also a crucial qualifying event for this summer’s Paralympic Games.

Double Paralympic bronze medallist Zoe Newson will be competing in the women's 41kg category after securing a bronze medal in Manchester lifting 88kg.

Paralympic silver medallist Ali Jawad will be competing in the men’s 59kg category after moving back up to the category at the recent World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Manchester. Ali is looking to qualify for his fourth Paralympics after enduring a challenging few years living with career-threatening illness Crohn’s disease. 

"After a fantastic event in Manchester we wanted to use this momentum to strategically secure qualification rankings prior to the final qualification event for Tokyo in June. The team selected have the opportunity to establish secure top 8 rankings and optimise their training pre-games. A really exciting opportunity" said Tom Whittaker, Paralympic Performance Director

Everyone at British Weight Lifting wishes the team every success ahead of the competition.