This is the discussion/question thread for the 5-10 April 2011 Powerlifting meet.

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I have uploaded the clips and am looking forward towards seeing the results.

Mine are also uploaded. Almost two weeks of waiting now...

Thanks guys, all uploads so far are in the usual fine order. We might well get the meet out in less than a week since judging crew signed up for this meet is usually quite fast. That is provided we can wrap up the weightlifting meet first, that one is running a bit late by now. But we'll see, almost two weeks is the worst case scenario.

Alright, the meet is now with the judges. As usual, you can follow the progress in the box above the forum. Stay tuned!

Update: one of the judges unfortunately has some rather more urgent things to take care of, so I'm going to take his place with the goal of pushing the meet out around this time, give or take some hours, tomorrow Wednesday. Thanks for the patience everyone!

Ok, the meet has now been judged. It's well into the night in this corner of the world so release tomorrow.

THE MEET HAS BEEN RELEASED!

Some inspirational performances despite a lot of red lights lightening up. Tomas was usually strict in his lifting and it paid off with new Virtualmeet PRs on all lifts. Nikki did well in the ranking scheme of things despite loosing some of her heavier attempts. Christian suffered from a bad video angle (not seeing the bar touch the chest makes life hard for judging), but sported some extremely strict squats. Nick, Jacques and Gabe seemed to again push the envelope, but unfortunately a lot of effort met reds this time due to missing pauses etc. (but nice squatting and deadlifting guys!).

Thanks to the judges for making another one happen!  

Good Job Tomas and Nikki.

Tomas, your 2nd bench looked like you had great fight with gravity but you willed it come up.

With the same willpower I could have come up on my last squat attempt. :-)

I experimented with the camera angle. Looks like a failed experiment for the bench videos. My work on squatting paid off form wise, but bench and especially deadlift need to improve big time.

Nicki, really solid lifts. Congrats

Christian, it's a pity about that camera angle.
I´m really struggling with the bench, have had a shoulder injury for almost a year. My right deltoid is almost extinct so I will have to be patient. Very satisfied with the third deadlift though.

And all you canadian guys, good lifts but keep the bar on chest for half a second in the future. Please don't give it up, one of you might win the next time.

Great effort from the judges. Over 150 judgements!

I was personally very impressed with Mr. Jacobssen's execution of the lifts.  He had clearly read the rules and performed the lifts accordingly.  His lifting was very clean and the weights he attempted well-thought-out.

To all future meet attendees, I would recommend avoiding all-black clothing.  In video competition it could result in a no-judge for you.