{"id":2001011,"date":"2023-08-15T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mediocre-lift-by-a-mediocre-male-man-claiming-womanhood-slammed-after-breaking-womens-powerlifting-record\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T09:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:14:34","slug":"mediocre-lift-by-a-mediocre-male-man-claiming-womanhood-slammed-after-breaking-womens-powerlifting-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mediocre-lift-by-a-mediocre-male-man-claiming-womanhood-slammed-after-breaking-womens-powerlifting-record\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Mediocre Male&#8217;s Controversial Claim: Shattering Women&#8217;s Powerlifting Record&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmediocre-lift-by-a-mediocre-male-man-claiming-womanhood-slammed-after-breaking-womens-powerlifting-record%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Male Powerlifter Shatters Women&#8217;s Records<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a stunning\u200c display of\u200b strength, a male powerlifter has not only set a women&#8217;s\u2064 national powerlifting record but also an unofficial\u2062 women&#8217;s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports\/\" title=\"5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports\">world record<\/a>. The incredible feat\u200d took place \u200bat the Canadian Powerlifting\u2064 Union&#8217;s 2023 Western Canadian Championship in Brandon, Manitoba.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anne Andres, 40, achieved a total powerlifting score of\u200c 597.5kg\u200b (approximately 1,317 pounds), surpassing\u200b the top-ranked woman,\u200c SuJan Gil, by over 200kg. This\u200c remarkable accomplishment has sparked controversy and raised questions about \u200dfairness in the sport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Andres&#8217;\u200d total would have placed him among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mediocre-lift-by-a-mediocre-male-man-claiming-womanhood-slammed-after-breaking-womens-powerlifting-record\/\" title=\"'Mediocre Male's Controversial Claim: Shattering Women's Powerlifting Record'\">top-performing\u200b male \u2063powerlifters<\/a> in the entire\u200d championship\u2064 had he participated in the men&#8217;s \u2064category,&#8221; noted Reduux.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is NOT a legitimate \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6National Record.<br \/>This is a mediocre lift by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lauren-boebert-declares-emma-weyant-rightful-winner-in-race-against-trans-swimmer\/\" title=\"Lauren Boebert Declares Emma Weyant 'Rightful Winner' in Race Against Trans Swimmer\">mediocre male<\/a> \u2062who is being allowed to \u2062lift against women because\u2026 hair colour? \ud83e\udd14 <br \/>Shame on the Canadian Powerlifting Union (CPU).<br \/>This \u2063is discrimination against the \u2063female competitors.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SaveWomensSports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SaveWomensSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F8mdFpnz01\">pic.twitter.com\/F8mdFpnz01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 International Consortium on \u2063Female Sport (ICFS) (@ICFSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICFSport\/status\/1690969310209114113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The controversy surrounding \u200dthis achievement has ignited a debate about the physiological advantages that males possess over females in terms \u200bof muscle mass, bone density, and lung capacity. April Hutchinson, a Canadian competitive \u200dpowerlifter, expressed her disappointment and frustration, stating that many female athletes dropped out of \u200cthe \u2063competition due to Andres&#8217; participation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;A\u2062 lot of women yesterday dropped out of the competition because they knew that Anne [Andres] would be lifting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Powerlifter April\u2063 Hutchinson says the\u200c federation is &#8216;doing nothing&#8217; amid concerns over a trans \u2064woman\u2063 competing in\u2062 the female \u200ccategory.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lea_Christina4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Lea_Christina4<\/a> \u2063 | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Roolockwood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RooLockwood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/otFLjpMllM\">pic.twitter.com\/otFLjpMllM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PiersUncensored\/status\/1691174097760227328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August \u200c14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Andres took to \u200dInstagram to share his perspective. &#8220;Today I did some lifting,&#8221; he\u200c wrote. &#8220;Not just some lifting. I got to lift with friends from across Canada \u200cwho welcome me, love me, and support me in being the best version of myself. Records \u200daside, it&#8217;s the\u2064 camaraderie that\u200b truly matters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Linda \u2062Blade, founder of \u200bthe International\u2063 Consortium on Female Sport, expressed her\u2063 disappointment \u200bwith the Canadian Powerlifting Union&#8217;s handling of the situation. She emphasized the need for fairness and condemned the union&#8217;s \u200ddecision to allow\u2063 Andres to compete against women.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Canadian Championships fall under the jurisdiction of the\u200c Canadian Powerlifting Union \u2063(CPU), which has a &#8220;Trans Inclusion Policy&#8221; in place. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-school-district-prohibits-teachers-from-contacting-parents-when-students-change-gender\/\" title=\"Virginia School District Prohibits Teachers From Contacting Parents When Students Change Gender\">policy supports<\/a> the participation of individuals in the \u2064gender with which they identify, without requiring \u2062disclosure of personal information or hormonal therapy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Andres&#8217; comments from earlier this year have resurfaced, where\u2063 he\u2064 made\u200c controversial remarks about women&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weight-training-for-women-is-not-quite-the-same-as-for-men\/\" title=\"Weight Training for Women Is Not Quite the Same as for Men\">bench press performance<\/a>. These remarks have added fuel to\u200b the\u2064 ongoing\u2064 debate surrounding his participation in women&#8217;s powerlifting \u200ccompetitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A male powerlifter, known for competing against and mocking women, recently achieved a women&#8217;s national powerlifting record and an unofficial world record at a championship in Brandon, Manitoba. Anne Andres, 40, obtained a remarkable powerlifting score by lifting the heaviest weights in various categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2001012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}