Recap show for the IPF Classic Open World Championships with experts Julia Williams and Mike Gold. This was the biggest and most exciting World Championships in IPF history! It was a very successful competition for the US National Team, sweeping the team points with gold medals for both women and men. The USA also won the most gold medals for total with 6 (the next closest was France with 3), the most medals for total overall with 11 (the next closest was France with 6), Natalie Richards won best lifter and Jonathan Cayco won second best lifter and Amanda Lawrence won third best lifter. There were many storylines and Part 1 of this recap covers the major storylines, highlights and controversies. Part 2 covers the most impressive performances, the most slept on performances, and the day by day recap of the competition.   Stay tuned to our Instagram @powerlifting_america as we release more content from the World Championships over the coming weeks. Thank you to Mauro Gasan, the meet director who did an outstanding job and facilitated our every need, and everyone at the IPF, especially Emanuel Scheiber and Eric Rupp for welcoming our media team and providing us space to work.   Thank you to our partners SBD and Eleiko.   Follow Julia on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sleepersbd/   Follow Mike Gold on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/owens9397transformation/   Follow Powerlifting America on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/powerlifting_america/   Check out all of our upcoming events on the Powerlifting America events page here: https://powerlifting-america.com/events   Become a member of Powerlifting America here: https://powerlifting-america.com/registration   Visit the Powerlifting America store here: https://powerlifting-america.square.site/s/shop   Support Open Powerlifting here: https://www.patreon.com/join/openpowerlifting