WEIGHT-LIFTING
NEW RECORDS ESTABLISHED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON. September 29. At a demonstration of weight-lifting to-night J. Cooper, feather-weight, sei a new New Zealand two arm curl record of 10031 b. The previous record was 92} pounds. Cooper establish .-. I a new record for pull over and press in a wrestler's bridge of 16411 b. Th-, previous record was 1401 b. With -he greatest ease Cooper broke the Australian and New Zealand two-hand head lift records of 3501 b and 3291 b respectively. He lilted 363.11 b. L. Woolcott established a new New Zealand rectangular fix with a. lift ol
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109.11 b and beat the New Zealand right arm curl record ol 601 b by 6 ; »‘lb. Later Woolcott broke the New Zealand two arm curl record which stood at 1271 b by lifting 1281 b. Ln the middle-weight class ,!■. Kidd established a new New Zealand record for an abdominal raise of 56'11).
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20536, 30 September 1936, Page 14
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