First woman to lift more than 800lb
A BIKER aged 93 feels 50 years younger on his Harley-Davidson-style mobility scooter.
Thomas Kemp, of Poole, Dorset, had to give up motorbikes due to ill health but said of his new 8mph TGA Supersport: “I may be 93, but my scooter makes me feel 43.”
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CHAMP Breaking record
SUPER-strong Rhianon Lovelace has become the first woman to lift more than 800lb.
Rhianon, 24, raised 802lb - almost six times her own body weight.
A former holder of the World’s Strongest Woman title, she said: “The women who are typically carrying this kind of weight, they’re usually triple my size.”
Rhianon added: “Everything I’ve worked for is for this moment, years of work culminating in a few seconds holding a bar up.
“There was a lot of medical risk with this record, I was told this was nearly inhuman and impossible.”
Rhianon, from Preston, Lancs, broke the record at a gym in Burton-uponTrent, Staffs, watched by fans on a Facebook stream.
FUNDRAISER David Wall is taking his fitness step-counting to extremes all in a good cause
The 46-year-old from Coseley, near Walsall, is trying to raise £2,000 for Acorns Children’s Hospice by walking 4 million steps this year.
So far, Mr Wall has completed 2 million raising over £1,000.
He has been nominated for a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award in partnership with TSB.
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