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Thorin Gault Wins Silver at the World Masters

Weightlifting Championship

By Molly Kett a certain total that was required at a
sanctioned contest in order to qualify.
horin Gault started weightlifting Since the sport has become increasingly
Tin 2011, after starting CrossFit at popular, they had to monitor who could
his good friend Tyler Touchette’s gym, enter the competition more closely.
now known as Caveman Strong. “I had to submit my application
“We did snatches during one of the through our national federation to the
workouts and I was instantly hooked International Weightlifting Federation
on that type of lifting,” says Gault. and they accepted the top ten entries for

“Shortly after that, he started the each category,” says Gault. “The most
Cornwall Weightlifting Club and I difficult part of the event was making
started dedicating all of my training to weight. I decided to strategically
that endeavour.” cut to a lower weight class. I did
Since then, Gault has had a passion so successfully for the Canadian
for weightlifting. Championship earlier in the year, but
“What I love about the sport itself is I was a bit more muscular, so it was
the combination of strength, explosive very difficult this time. I walk around Photo Submitted
speed, and the requirement for lifelong at about 215 pounds and competed at
dedication to technical mastery,” says about 195. It definitely left me not at
Gault. “Honestly, I see it more as an my best and I will certainly be moving
art than a sport. There are hundreds to a heavier class in the future.”
or thousands of hours of training for Through all of his hard work, Gault
each competition, so you have to love was able to take home the silver medal
to process.” at the World Masters Weightlifting
Qualification for the World Masters Championships held in Montreal
was different this year compared to in the Men’s 45-49-year-old, 89 kg
the past, according to Gault. When weight class. The gold medallist in
he competed in Italy in 2013, he had the category was Canadian teammate

Thomas Seniuk, and bronze medallist contest just before Christmas and
Brought to you by Visual Vinyl & Print was Leonel Del Castillo of Panama. then start peaking for the Canadian
“Play Ball” countries participating in the event not decided if I will go to the Worlds in
There were 689 lifters from 54 Masters in Winnipeg in June. I have

that took place at the 1976 Olympic Germany in August.”
Kaitlyn McGillivray Park and the platforms used for the For Gault, the long-term focus is the

Age: 14 competition were the same ones used World Masters Games in Japan in 2021.
Grade: 9 during the 76’ Olympics. His ultimate goal in weightlifting, and
School: Tagwi “The best part of the competition he says he won’t stop until it happens; is
was bonding with my Canadian to win a World Masters Championship.
Hometown: Long Sault
teammates. Myself, Tom Seniuk, “What I love about the weightlifting
October’s Kinsman Girls’ Softball
Rumen Stoianov, and Claude Caouette community is the comradery and
featured player is Long Sault’s Kaitlyn
commandeered a corner of the warm supportiveness,” says Gault. “We are

McGillivray. This season is Kaitlyn’s first
up area and were able to feed off each all a bit strange and it takes a certain
with the Kinsmen ladies, and her favourite

other for the contest,” says Gault. type of person to do what we do, so we
position is third base.
“Tom and I finished first and second in have each other’s backs.”
“What I like best about playing in the
the 89 kg class and Rumen and Claude Gault also wants to acknowledge
league is the sportsmanship, making new friends, and learning the skills
both medalled, so that was pretty cool. a few important people who has

of baseball,” she says. “I would also like to become an umpire in this It is also always great to have my good helped him get to where he is today in
league.” When she’s not in class or on the ball diamond, Kaitlyn is friend Ken Miller, from Collingwood weightlifting.
involved in broomball and Girl Guides. coaching me. I really trust him so I “The local coach of the Cornwall

As for the future, this young lady says she’s figuring things out, but in can really just focus on going out and Weightlifting Club, Kyle Pichie, for
the meantime, she’d like to be an actress. lifting.” holding the torch for Weightlifting in
Right now, Gault is in a bit of an off- Cornwall and Tyler Touchette for not
season, competition wise. only being a pioneer of the sport locally
“I have realized that I am at a point but being very generous in providing
where I have to shake things up and me access to a great facility; without
shift the way I have been training for those guys and Caveman Strong my
the last eight years,” says Gault. “So, road would be much, much tougher,”
I have been doing a lot of studying says Gault. “I am also grateful to
of the Russian and Chinese systems publications like this that shine a light
and experimenting with different on our amazing sport that for a long
programming. I will be doing a small time lurked in the shadows.”