April Hutchinson is a Canadian powerlifter who has overcome child sexual trauma, alcoholism, and is now fighting to save her sport from men. Hutchinson, a member of the Canadian powerlifting team, spoke out after discovering a 6'2" male going by the name Anne Andres was competing as a woman. Andres claimed the gold medal at the Canadian
Powerlifting Union's women's regional championship in August, lifting
1,327lbs (calculated from the combined weight of three lifts: squat,
bench, and deadlift), beating out the closest competition by 470lbs, setting
multiple National and and Unofficial World Records for "women."
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