This week’s Global Podium for the best sportspeople in the world features Daiki Kodama, Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar, and Catherine Debrunner.
| GLOBAL PODIUM OF THE WEEK |
| Gold: Daiki Kodama (Japan, Powerlifting) Won his 20th Bench Press World Championship -each world title in his division since 2002-, winning the Men’s 74 kg Classic division at the IPF World Classic & Equipped Bench Press Championship, lifting 222.5 kg. He also won the silver medal in the Equipped division, won by Ivan Chuprinko (UKR) Relieve the competition (IPF) |
 Silver: Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar (Mongolia, Powerlifting) Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar, current Paralympic Champion, took on the conventional powerlifters and won the IPF World Classic & Equipped Bench Press Championship in the 120 kg Men’s Classic category, breaking a World Record on the way, with a lift of 260 kilograms. He also won the 2018 IPF World Championship. Relieve his lift (IPF) |
 Bronze: Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland, Para Athletics) The Swiss Para Athlete delighted her home crowd at the ParAthletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, where she won four gold medals with a World Record in each of the Women’s 100m, 200m, 400m, and 800m T53 categories for wheelchair racing. Watch her record-breaking performances (Paralympic) |
