Latest update April 7th, 2025 6:08 AM
Another Powerlifting star is born
Gumendra Shewdas is currently listed as world #1 Sub-Jnr.
Berbice is continuing to churn out sportsmen of world class quality in the realms of cricket and most recently, powerlifting.
Gumendra Shewdass (left)
The latest to join those ranks is teenage powerlifter Gumendra Shewdas whose success would have been predicted by President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF), Peter Green who did so, some two years ago.
Eighteen year-old athlete and recent Pan American Gold medalist, Gumendra Shewdas, who hails from the Town of Corriverton in the Ancient County of Berbice, in only his second international outing, captured Gold in the 53kg Sub-Junior class and has now established himself as the hot favorite and No. 1 leading into the World Sub-Juniors/Juniors Championships which is set for August 25 – September 1, 2013 in Killeen, Texas, USA.
The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) has recently released the lineup of seven (7) Sub-Juniors who will compete for the World title. These are the world’s best Under-18 lifters, their best totals achieved within the last twelve months have been released and Guyanese Shewdas is top of that list.
Shewdas’ old total 477.0kgs posted in February of this year prior to his participation in the Pan American Championships has improved by his Pan American total of 497.5kgs. This achievement against the odds indicates that he is on track to accomplish what fellow Guyanese, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby achieved at the World Masters Championships.
With the federation having exhausted its funds on the Caribbean and Pan American Championships, significant corporate financing is needed to make Shewdas’ dream a reality.
He is in his last year as a Sub-Junior and is poised to bring glory to his country and hometown. His expenses have been tagged at some USD $1700 (airfare, meals, accommodation, competition and drug testing fees).
Shewdas has also become the second athlete from Guyana to be selected for the International WADA ADAMS whereabouts programme requiring him to be on 24 hours notice for International out of competition/in competition testing following in the steps of Randolph Morgan.
Powerlifting remains the only discipline in Guyana whose athletes are on the WADA Drug testing programme known as ADAMS. No lifter has been tested positive to date.
Following is the starting lineup for the World Sub-Juniors:
Name Country Total
Gumendras Shewdas Guyana 477.5kgs – (Best recently 497.5kgs)
Dalton La Coe USA 455.0kgs
Azamat Asultanov Russia 442.5kgs
Kazuma Arai Japan 435.0kgs
Alexei Kulakov Russia 432.5kgs
Tetsuharu Katsuta Japan 405.0kgs
Erick Aguilar Ecuador 377.5kgs
Similar Articles
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
Features/Columnists
Anticipation without preparation
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, ever the sagacious observer of the inevitable, has reassured... more
The U.S. “Joining” the Commonwealth: an unreasonable expectation
By Sir Ronald Sanders Kaieteur News- Recent media stories have suggested that King Charles III could “invite” the United... more
Weekend Cartoon
