I had a 7 out of 10
day with 10 competitors, two of them
from the Ukraine and one from Russia
in my class. The day started off well
not requiring me do to any extreme
dieting to make weight, weighing in
at an easy 147.5.
Squats: My heaviest opener
of 473 went well despite being wrapped
longer than needed while they got
the right amount of weight on the
bar and the bar to the right height.
My second attempt of 501 went flat.
I hit the ceiling coming up and didn't
budge at all. The third attempt went
well FINALLY breaking the 500 barrier
in competition and closing the gap
with the Russian and Ukraine girls
who are known for their big squats.
Bench: I believe these were
the worst handoffs in my life. I wasn't
able to stabilize the bar, it rocked
from front to back. My opener, 270
was a ugly belly bench (the only way
I could keep it in control) but thankfully
only 2 referee noticed (my gift lift!).
My second attempt I still didn't do
well with the handoff, but managed
303. My last attempt, which I believe
was 314 never happened. It took two
handoff attempts, but lost the groove
on the way down and never got the
chance to attempt to push it up. Ironically,
I still received the Gold medal for
bench.
Deads: This is where the fun
began. I opened with an easy 485,
then to 507 and last to 529. The fun
part of competing at this level is
having your coach put whatever weight
on the bar that is needed for placing
and not knowing what you are lifting
and how it is affecting the other
countries. I was told after my third
deadlift that I had actually won with
my second pull of 507. At that point
I lost all focus (yet the reason they
didn't' tell me I won after my 2nd
pull) and totally blew my fourth attempt
at a new World Record deadlift with
545 on the bar. It should have been
an easy weight, but if it even budged
an inch off the floor, I was lucky.
My end results were:
- Squat: 501 (I did not medal, lost
Bronze on body weight to Ukraine)
- Bench: 301 - Gold
- Deadlift: 529 - Gold
- Total: 1333 GOLD!
- Silver in Champion of Champions
with 620 Wilks points, trailing
#1 by only 13 points.
Full
Results of the 25th IPF Women's World
Championships >>
Thanks to all my friends who believed
that I had what it took to win. Regina
kept telling me that this was my year
and don't think that I didn't remember
those words while I was there. I would
also like to thank my sponsors, Marcus
and Ramona Lawson of Global CompuSearch,
Pure Power Nutrition, GNC - Spokane,
Titan Support Systems (AWESOME gear!)
and the employees of Farm Credit Services.
Special thanks to the
two people who have taken me to the
top and helped me become a World Champion.
Larry and Ivan, I owe you the world
and then some for all the time and
effort you two have given me!!!!!!!!!
The trip to France was interesting.
I started off with a severe eye infection
on the flight to Paris. If you see
red in my eyes in any of the pics,
it is not from squatting. :) We stayed
in Paris for two days, then took a
six-hour train down to Cahors with
Brad and Ashley Robbins. It was SMELLY
and I about lost in a few time.
Cahors was a beautiful medieval
town. Unfortunately, the Athletes
Village was about 7 miles out of
Cahors and we did not get to explore
the city much. We were bused back
and forth to the venue. We stayed
in little cottages that housed 3-4
people each, the hotel provided
us with a buffet style breakfast
and dinner and if you like breads
and pastries, you were in heaven.
We came to realize that France does
not have a lot of protein in their
diets, I think we were all craving
meet by the time we left.
The venue was excellent and the
meet was ran without a hitch. Plenty
of warm-up room and top of the line
equipment. The only downfall was
it was really hot in the venue and
not enough circulation.
The final two days of the trip
we went back up to Paris. Visited
Notre Dame, went to the top of
the Eiffel Tower and missed going
into the Louvre, who would have
thought they were closed on Tuesdays.
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Sunday,
June 13, 2004
Weightlifting
At the IPF Women's World
Championships, held in Cahors,
France, Priscilla Ribic
of Spokane won gold for the
148-pound weight class. The
competition consisted of 25
countries and more than 100
athletes.
She also ranked No. 2 overall
among the athletes, based on
a formula at the competition.
Ribic, a lifetime resident of
Spokane and employee of Northwest
Farm Credit Services, has been
powerlifting for 4 1/2 years.
Her accomplishments include
being the top-ranked, drug-free
female powerlifter for the United
States in 2003 and 2004 and
being ranked second drug-free
female in the world in 2004.
She holds the world record of
540 pounds in the deadlift at
the 148-weight class. She is
the national record holder with
a 501 squat, 314 bench press,
540 deadlift and 1,333 total.
Powerlifting
USA magazine
cover
August, 2004
