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Dominic Tyrrell finishes fourth at SBD Showdown competition in Montpellier France
Kaieteur Sports- Dominic Tyrrell, following a recovery from illness, showed his mettle to finish in a creditable fourth place at the Squat Bench and Deadlift (SBD) Showdown competition in Montpellier, France on the 5th of April.
Dominic Tyrrell during his deadlift.
Tyrell explained that, “I had the opportunity to participate in the Squat Bench and Deadlift Showdown competition in Montpellier France on the 5th of April. This competition was the first of its kind in France where powerlifters from across the country went against each other for the opportunity of winning a cash prize along with the chance to become a sponsored athlete (an opportunity only offered to French lifters).”
Tyrell will be representing Guyana at World Powerlifting Championships set for June 8th-15th in Germany and used the SBD event as part of his preparation. He disclosed, “Seeing that this competition fell roughly 10 weeks before the world championships in June, I saw it fit to use this as a gauge for my competition prep. It also served as precious competition experience which is vital when competing at the highest level.”
Dominic Tyrrell about to power to a 270kg or 595 lbs Squat during the competition.
About his illness and subsequent preparation, Tyrell informed, “The circumstances surrounding this performance was not easy as I’d fallen very ill in January and had lost roughly 10-15 lbs of bodyweight. This resulted in a very slow return to training followed by weeks of simply trying to get my bodyweight back to normal. Safe to say that I’d succeeded in returning myself to competition form and did myself proud all things considered.”
During the competition he successfully completed a 270/595 lbs Squat which is a 5kg/11lbs competition best for him and is also just 5lbs away from the current national record.
In the bench press he was able to press 162.5kg/358 lbs which is 5kg away from his all-time best. Unfortunately, he failed his 3rd attempt trying to equal his best.
He explained that, “In the deadlift there was a bit of a controversy. For my final deadlift attempt I needed exactly 347.5kg/766lbs to get 3rd place. Upon learning that, I opted to set my last attempt at that weight but the referees misread my attempt and inputted the incorrect number resulting in me attempting 7.5kg more than I needed.
Dominic Tyrell (left) with his fourth-place voucher along with the other 1 to 5 placed finishers.
This led to me having to get a very uncommon “4th” attempt allowing me to try 347.5. I lifted it, but they referees deemed my lift to be not “fully locked out” so it was not allowed.
I still ended the competition with a valid 335kg/738lbs deadlift and a total of 767.5kg/1692 lbs which is very near to my best ever total. (If that 4th attempt would have been accepted, I would’ve eclipsed my best ever performance by 5kg).”
Tyrell concluded by informing that, “In any event, I left the competition healthy and in good health with a lot more experience leading into the world championships.”
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