From May 18 to May 25, 2019, the World Powerlifting Championship was held in Tokyo (Japan). More than a thousand participants from around the world came to this championship. So, in our prestigious competitions, our strongest athletes of the KNURE powerlifting team in the national team of Ukraine took part.
Mikhail Yastrebov (TRREAа-17-1), in a bitter struggle for a champion title with a representative of the Kazakhstan team lost only 2.5 kg., took the second step of the pedestal. With a score of 125 kg. In the weight category up to 53 kg. Mikhail became the silver winner of the 2019 World Cup.