Andres, a trans person, lifted 1,327lbs, calculated from the combined weight of three lifts: squat, bench and deadlift, and beat the closest competition by a whopping 470lbs.
The top 20 men’s competitors lift over 2,000lbs. If Andres competed against them, Andres wouldn’t even rank in the top 6,000.
But Andres’ deadlift was the second highest in women’s weightlifting history. It doubly was shocking because athletes setting records in my sport are in their 20s and early 30s.
