On December 25, the 49th All Japan Powerlifting Championships for the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Cup was held at Zip Arena Okayama, where 93 athletes from 17 universities who had advanced from the regional qualifiers competed fiercely.
17 members of our university's weight training club competed in the event. FUJII Saki (4th year, Faculty of Law) in the women's 52kg weight class and OGURA Shota (4th year, School of Engineering) in the men's 53kg weight class won the individual division, and in the team division, after a fierce battle with strong schools, they won the second place.
　Ms. Fujii said, "I am very happy to have won the first place individually in my last national competition as a fourth-year student. I had a fever a week ago and had to try it just after recovering from illness, but thanks to the encouragement and consideration of the club members, coaches, and OBs, I was able to take on the challenge with confidence.” Mr. Ogura said, "I don't think I could have achieved my goal of first place by myself. I feel that it was thanks to the support of so many people, including my seniors who worked as seconds, my coaches who taught me on a daily basis, my club members who worked hard together until the competition, and my family who supported me in my daily life. In addition, the experience of making systematic efforts to lose weight not only for the competition itself but also for the Kansai competition was very meaningful, and I would like to make use of this experience in my future working life and give back to my juniors as well. Thank you very much."
　Captain HAMAGUCHI Taiki (4th year, School of Letters) said, "Although we were one step short of our goal of winning the overall championship, I think we were able to bring out all the strength that all of us have, and we were able to win the second place in the team competition and hold the tournament. All of the athletes who participated in this competition started powerlifting as university students and have achieved results in national competitions. It is never too late to start anything. We have many students in Okayama University weight training club who have no experience in sports until high school. Come train with us! We are looking forward to training with you!

Group Results: 49th All Japan Powerlifting Championships, MEXT Minister's Cup
1st place Aoyama Gakuin University 57 points
2nd place Okayama University 49 points
3rd place Tokyo University of Agriculture Okhotsk 48 points
4th place Kyoto University of Advanced Science 41 points
5th place University of Tokyo 33 points
6th place Tohoku University 30 points
7th place Tokyo University of Agriculture 28 points
8th place Kansai University 24 points
9th place Saitama University 17 points
10th place Meijo University 9 points
*Other participating universities
Chuo University, Sophia University, Waseda University, Senshu University, Akita University, Hiroshima University, Hokkai Gakuen University

[Individual results]
Powerlifting is a sport that competes for the total amount of weight lifted in the squat (S), bench press (B), and deadlift (D).

Women's 52kg class
1st place FUJII Saki (Okayama University) S80 B55 D95 T230 GL71.95
2nd place Ingyin Phoo (Okayama University) S90 B40 D107.5 T237.5 61.15

Women's 63kg class
3rd Place FUKUDA Ayano (Okayama University) S105 B52.5 D125 T282.5 GL67.58
5th Place Ibegwam Chigaemezu (Okayama University) S100 B40 D120 T260 GL61.74
6th place OGATA Momoko (Okayama University) S90 B45 D110 T245 GL57.81

Men's 53kg class
1st place OGURA Shota (Okayama University) S120 B75 D137.5 T332.5
3rd Place AOYAGI Hiroshi (Okayama University) S105 B65 D115 T285

Men's 59kg class
5th place INAGAKI Hikaru (Okayama University) S135 B90 D150 T375
8th Place WATANABE Shotaro (Okayama University) S117.5 B75 D165 T357.5

Men's 66kg class
12th Place TODA Naoki (Okayama University) S185 B115 D165 T465
13th place TANII Yosuke (Okayama University) S155 B105 D170 T430

Men's 74kg class
4th Place MATSUI Daichi (Okayama University) S190 B120 D200 T510

Men's 93kg class
4th place Sabai Ocean Bell Hartwiger (Okayama University) S210 B137.5 D260 T607.5
6th place UTSUMI Masaki (Okayama University) S230 B125 D195 T550

Men's 105kg class
3rd Place YAMADA Hideki (Okayama University) S165 B110 D190 T465

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