Champion

A British champion powerlifter broke a Guinness World Record when she squat-lifted her body weight 42 times in one minute.

"I am extremely proud to be the holder of a Guinness World Records title. To say I have made a mark in history by not only being the first British Sikh female to represent Great Britain in powerlifting, but to also be an official world record holder is an incredible feeling," Bains told Guinness World Records. 4 (UPI) -- A British champion powerlifter broke a Guinness World Record when she squat-lifted her body weight 42 times in one minute.

Seeing the Russian invasion as part of a war on democracy that poses a serious threat to the United States, Garry Kasparov is leading a push to keep Western ...

Browse all of our subscriber-only newsletters [here](https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters#subscriber-only-newsletters). [Times/Siena poll](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/politics/latino-vote-polling.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-2022-midterms&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)found Democrats faring far worse than they have in the past with Hispanic voters. The group also [organized an open letter](https://rdi.org/frontlines-of-freedom/), signed by 52 dissidents from 28 countries, warning that “to win the global fight against authoritarianism, America must once again believe in and live up to its own values.” And as the war in Ukraine shows, maintaining it requires constant vigilance. “You have to be engaged. democracy that gave them the credibility to speak difficult truths. He called Musk’s proposal “moral idiocy.” In a prescient 2015 book that, as he reminded me, [The New York Times dinged in a review](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/08/books/review/winter-is-coming-by-garry-kasparov.html) at the time as “somewhat tedious,” he urged Americans to take Vladimir Putin’s threats seriously. Western leaders should push to end the conflict as soon as possible, Kasparov argues, by giving Ukraine the heavy weapons its leaders say they need. “I grew up in the Soviet Union, so I experienced undemocratic rule,” Kasparov said. - Michigan Governor’s Race: Tudor Dixon, the G.O.P. “I could look at the position and see how things connected to one side or the other.”

Meet powerlifting champion Karenjeet Kaur Bains, who broke the record for most times to squat lift own body weight in one minute (female).

"The target to beat was 30 reps so I was super pleased to have smashed that and set a record much higher than this. "As a result, I only had two weeks of training to go for this squat record! To say I have made a mark in history by not only being the First British Sikh Female to represent Great Britain in Powerlifting, but to also be an official world record holder is an incredible feeling!" She placed sixth in the world. She placed in the top ten again. "I am extremely proud to be the holder of a Guinness World Records title.

Defending men's champion, Uche Oparaoji, will face a stern test against top seed, Henry Atseye, in the opening round of the 2022 Lagos Tennis Cup.