EVENTS
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Bench Press
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Deadlift
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Combination (Benchpress
and Deadlift)
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Squat
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Combination (Benchpress,
Deadlift, and Squat)
ATTIRE
Proper attire should be
worn (no jeans or sweat suits)
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A one-piece lifting
suit or wrestling singlet should be worn. The only exception being the
full length aerobic suit worn in the bench press by athletes with
physical disabilities (see modifications under
4).
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Wraps may be used:
maximum size=8cm wide and 1m long. The wrap may not be more than 10cm
above or 2cm below the wrist.
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Participants in the
squat or bench press must wear a T-shirt during competition. Women must
also wear a Tt-shirt when competing in the deadlift.
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Athletes with physical
disabilities (ex. Wheelchair, cerebral palsy, amputees), may wear a
two-piece outfit with both upper and lower pieces being form fitting,
either snug fitting track trousers or snug fitting shorts may be worn.
A full-length aerobic suit may be worn while performing the bench
press. Lifting with a prosthesis is allowed and orthosis with shoes
will be allowed.
AWARDS
All awards will be on
Sunday at the venue beginning at 9:00 a.m.
EQUIPMENT
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Leather or vinyl belts
may be worn. They can be no more than 10cm wide, 10mm thick and
encircle the body only once.
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In 2005, athletes not
properly attired (including belt size) will be disqualified.
FACILITIES
The Connelly Center will
have changing rooms upstairs from the Villanova Room on the upper level.
These changing rooms (Bryn Mawr Room, Rosemont Room, and Haverford Room)
will serve as the locker rooms and will be clearly designated by signage.
Signs will also designate the gender of the changing rooms. There will be
bathrooms downstairs next to the Villanova Room, which will also be clearly
marked. There will be a warm-up area for the athletes separated by wooden
panel doors from the competition area.
RULES
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Download the Special Olympics Official Powerlifting Rules
A. Divisioning - Athletes will be divisioned
according to the Wilkes Formula.
What is
divisioning?
1.
This formula will be used to ensure that divisions have at
least three participants.
2.
The lifter’s body weight (BW) has a coefficient listed in the
Summer Sports Rules Book.
That coefficient is multiplied by the lifter’s total
score/best lift. This equals the lifter’s
Wilkes
Formula Total (WFT).
B. Equipment - The following guidelines should be
followed for all safety equipment:
1.
No gloves are allowed.
2.
Non-stretch/non-metal (with the exception of the buckle)
belts may be worn. The belt is to be no more than 10cm wide,
13mm thick, and can circle the body only one time.
3.
Chalk and powder are legal substances to be added to the body
and/or attire.
C. Finish - Scoring of the events shall be the maximum
weight lifted for each event and the
combination maximum weight for both events.
D. Qualifications - All athletes must be at least
16-years-old to compete in powerlifting.
E. Weigh-in - All athletes must be weighed in prior to
competition.
The weigh-in results will
not be made known
until all the lifters in a particular weight class have been weighed in.
1.
Only those
greater or lighter than the category limit are allowed to return to the
scales within the limits of the hour and 30 minutes allowed from the
beginning of the weigh-in.
2.
An athlete
weighing-in above the upper limit for a weight class will be moved to the
next heavier weight class.
3.
An athlete
weighing in below the minimum limit for a weight class may, at the
discretion of the chief referee, be permitted to lift in the next lightest
weight class if that competition is available.
4.
If
competition in the lighter weight class is not available, the athlete will
be permitted to lift outside the official competition and receive a
participant’s ribbon.
5.
Weigh-ins
will take place upstairs in the Connelly Center from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Female weigh-ins will take place in The Haverford Room and male weigh-ins
will take place in The Rosemont Room.
6.
Coaches must
give starting weights for the competition at weigh-in.
F.
Squat Competition – Head coaches who have attended an approved squat
lift clinic may
enter their athletes in the squat lift.
1.
Those
athletes wishing to perform the squat must be assessed during weigh–in
Saturday morning unless they were assessed during Fall Sectionals.
2.
Squat
competition for approved athletes will take place after the deadlift and
bench press competition.
POWERLIFTING DIVISIONING
AND COMPETITION CLASSES
