We must remember that the USAPL is not a region. Regional and World in the new rule refer only to international meets. USAPL meets are not international and therefore not bound by the rule change. Now that World records can only be set in international competition there may be no compelling reason to alter nationals to adhere to international standards. We can qualify our lifters for international meets using a system of our own choosing. A workable system will be put in place thereby leaving State and Local lifters unaffected by the change. The net result will be no frozen records and no damage to our ADFPA heritage.
The post I made above is the official position of USAPL leadership. There will be no changes made at Local, State or National levels at this time. World team selection methods will be the only change caused by the IPF adoption of new weight classes. Only Regional and International meets (NAPF and IPF) will be conducted using the new weight classes.
Eliot Feldman
USAPL Executive Committee
2 comments:
I guess it's convenient for USAPL lifters but if this is the case then the weight classes for lifters that go to international competitions are screwed up...not that this would concern me in any way at the moment though.
yeah, or any of us, except a healthy Dave or Dean hahaha
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