Male powerlifter competes at women’s event, smashes record set by trans athlete

Luke Gentile

March 30, 01:57 PM March 30, 01:57 PM

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A professional male powerlifter entered a women’s competition Saturday and easily smashed the bench press record set by a transgender woman to protest current sports policy.

Head Coach of Team Canada Powerlifting Avi Silverberg competed in the Heroes Classic competition in Alberta, Canada, self-identifying as a woman, according to a report.

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On the day Silverberg competed, the bench press record for the 84+ kilogram category belonged to Anne Andres, a biological male who identifies as female.

Andres, who is recognized as a female competitor by Open Powerlifting, held the record at 275 lbs and had won at least eight women’s competitions, the report noted.

Silverberg destroyed Andres’s record by lifting 370 lbs, and Andres had a front-row seat to the whole lift.

The powerlifting coach competed in the women’s meet to protest what he considers the discriminatory policy of the Canadian Powerlifting Union, according to the report.

Current policy allows biological males to register according to their personal gender identity and expression without consequence.

All competitors “should be able to participate in the gender with which they identify and not be subject to requirements for disclosure of personal information beyond those required of cisgender athletes,” the policy reads, adding, “Nor should there be any requirement for hormonal therapy or surgery.”

Andres did not appear to appreciate the point that Silverberg was trying to make.

Silverberg is a “coward and a bigot” with “malicious intent,” according to Andres.

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“I got surgery — I can prove without any doubt whatsoever that I have gone through every step, which means whatever governing body decides to make decisions, I will pass that test,” the transgender lifter said.

“I actually care about women in sport because I AM a woman in sport.”