WE ARE PROUD TO BE STRONG!

CrossFit Basel Headcoach Ramon Gysin and two of his athletes, Jessica Preiss and Selina Schönholzer, competed in the World Single Lift Championships 2014 (WDFPF) in Düsseldorf DE from June 6-8.
 
Here are their results:
 

 
Jessica Preiss, Junior -50.5kg:
 

 
Friday, June 6, Backsquat:
 
1. 70kg
2. 75kg
3. 80kg
4 X85.5kg World Record attempt
 
First place and World Champion in her Category!
 
Saturday, June 7, Bench Press:
1. 50kg
2. X55kg
3. X55kg
 
First place and World Champion in her Category!
 
Sunday, June 8, Deadlift:
 
1. 100kg
2. 107.5kg
3. 112.5kg
 
First place and World Champion in her Category!
 
Selina Schönholzer, Junior -53kg:
 

Sunday, June 8, Deadlift:
 
1. 100kg
2. 110kg
3. X115kg
 
Second place in her Category!
 
Ramon Gysin, Senior -100kg:
 

Friday, June 6, Backsquat @99.2kg Bodyweight:
 
1. 245kg
2. 260kg
3. 270.5kg World Record
 

 
First place and World Champion in his Category. Best Lifter over all categories according bodyweight adjusted points. For the third time Ramon squatted a World Record in the Backsquat.
 
Sunday, June 8, Deadlift @99.6kg Bodyweight:
 
1. 267.5
2. 277.5kg
3. X290kg
 
Second Place in his Category!
 
Congratulations to the rest of the athletes of the swiss team!
 
What is Powerlifting?
 
Powerlifting was established to find the strongest men and women. Athletes compete in the 3 movements Backsquat, Bench Press and Deadlift. Every athlete has 3 attempts in each movement, the best attempt of each movement counts towards a total, the athlete moving the most weight wins. There are also Single Lift Competitions, where athletes compete against others in each movement, without a total.
 
There are raw competitions where only a belt is allowed and there are equipped competitions (single ply => one layer of suits/equipment and multi ply => several layers of equipment) where athletes wear assistant suits, briefs and knee wraps to be able to lift much more weight.
 
Team CrossFit Basel is competing raw.
 
What is the WDFPF?
 
The World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation was founded to give drug free lifters a home as in most strength sports there is no or little drug testing. In fact there is no other sports federation (including ALL olympic sports!) in the world today that knows such severe punishment like the WDFPF. If an athlete is tested positive he will be banned FOR LIFE and all past results will be erased.