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An Edmonton woman dominated the competition at the 2019 World Powerlifting World Championships in Calgary, setting five world records and finishing first overall in her age and weight class — and she has no plans of slowing down soon.

“I knew it was going to happen because I just turned 45, so I just entered a new age range,” laughed Sara Burwash. “Now I’m going to spend the next five years trying to beat my records.”

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Four of the records from October are with the 100% RAW Powerlifting Federation Canada, while the fifth is with World Powerlifting. She demonstrated some versatility, setting records in squat, bench press and deadlift.

“I don’t want to go outside of my lane and say the records would stand in all federations, because not a chance would they. But that doesn’t diminish the fact that they exist,” she said.

Burwash started lifting shortly after having a child at the encouragement of her husband. It wasn’t long before she was upping the weights and refining her technique, preparing her body for big lifts.