{"id":29891,"date":"2026-09-24T01:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891"},"modified":"2026-09-24T01:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T01:17:00","slug":"speight-turns-to-powerlifting-after-prison-release-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891","title":{"rendered":"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Former coup frontman George Speight, who was pardoned after 24 years in prison, has moved on to represent Fiji in powerlifting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speight will compete in the Masters IV 93kg category at the Oceania Regional Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships, which will be held at Suva\u2019s National Gymnasium from November 2 to 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He is among 50 Team Fiji powerlifters selected for the championships, which return to Suva after 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to <\/span><em><span>SUNsports <\/span><\/em><span>yesterday, Fiji Powerlifting coaching staff member Muzammil Ali said preparations were in their final stages, both on and off the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt this stage we are really getting into the final stretch,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is a lot involved in hosting an international powerlifting championship\u2014it is not just what happens on the platform.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Preparations include accommodation, transportation, competition equipment, technical officials, volunteers, spotters and loaders, athlete logistics, sponsorship and media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mr Ali said 50 athletes had been selected to represent Fiji, making it one of the country\u2019s largest powerlifting contingents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The championship will feature full power and bench press events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTeam Fiji will aim to perform at their best on home soil and I\u2019m urging fans to support the lifters in November,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span>Team Fiji<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Powerlifting Women\/Bench Press:<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>Emelia Wood, Vani Lewatu, Riya Rinky, Melisa Sanehi, Neha Ali, Natasha Singh, Bethnilza Kumar, Faith Nute, Mereadani Lomaloma, Kadia Lutubula and Senimili Turner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Bench Press Men:<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>Vivaan Patel, Rodney Yagomate, Radhikesh Kumarm, Shuaid Khan, Aarav Kumar, Adrian Kumar, Abhishay Sharma, Loyola Young, Prashant Narayan, Henry Cheung, Albert Vasu, Aiyaz Ali, Pranay Sharma, Shifran Ali, Vinesh Chand, Daniel Patel, Muzammil Ali, Devit Chand, Norman Ravai, Gardiner Whiteside, Kurt Wise, Rafaele Kasibulu, Simione Bale, Luke Vuidreketi, Tevita Bola, Peni Lutubula, Samisoni Speight, John Susau, Seru Soderberg, Eliesa Sitifana Irava and George Speight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Coaching team:<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span>Gardiner Whiteside (head coach), Muzammil Ali (coach), Norman Ravai (coach), Samisami Speight (coach), Simione Bale (coach) and Vinesh Chand (coach).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>self.__next_f.push([1,\"0:{\\\"P\\\":null,\\\"b\\\":\\\"dyjJjLbVu0FhjAwWDShLc\\\",\\\"p\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"c\\\":[\\\"\\\",\\\"sports\\\",\\\"weightlifting\\\",\\\"speight-turns-to-powerlifting-after-prison-release-to-represent-fiji\\\"],\\\"i\\\":false,\\\"f\\\":[[[\\\"\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"(frontend)\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"section\\\",\\\"sports\\\",\\\"d\\\"],{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"category\\\",\\\"weightlifting\\\",\\\"d\\\"],{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"slug\\\",\\\"speight-turns-to-powerlifting-after-prison-release-to-represent-fiji\\\",\\\"d\\\"],{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"__PAGE__\\\",{}]}]}]}]},\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"$undefined\\\",true]}],[\\\"\\\",[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"c\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[null,[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L2\\\",null,{\\\"parallelRouterKey\\\":\\\"children\\\",\\\"error\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"template\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L3\\\",null,{}],\\\"templateStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"templateScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"notFound\\\":[[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"title\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":\\\"404: This page could not be found.\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"style\\\":{\\\"fontFamily\\\":\\\"system-ui,\\\\\\\"Segoe UI\\\\\\\",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,\\\\\\\"Apple Color Emoji\\\\\\\",\\\\\\\"Segoe UI Emoji\\\\\\\"\\\",\\\"height\\\":\\\"100vh\\\",\\\"textAlign\\\":\\\"center\\\",\\\"display\\\":\\\"flex\\\",\\\"flexDirection\\\":\\\"column\\\",\\\"alignItems\\\":\\\"center\\\",\\\"justifyContent\\\":\\\"center\\\"},\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"style\\\",null,{\\\"dangerouslySetInnerHTML\\\":{\\\"__html\\\":\\\"body{color:#000;background:#fff;margin:0}.next-error-h1{border-right:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.3)}@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){body{color:#fff;background:#000}.next-error-h1{border-right:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3)}}\\\"}}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"h1\\\",null,{\\\"className\\\":\\\"next-error-h1\\\",\\\"style\\\":{\\\"display\\\":\\\"inline-block\\\",\\\"margin\\\":\\\"0 20px 0 0\\\",\\\"padding\\\":\\\"0 23px 0 0\\\",\\\"fontSize\\\":24,\\\"fontWeight\\\":500,\\\"verticalAlign\\\":\\\"top\\\",\\\"lineHeight\\\":\\\"49px\\\"},\\\"children\\\":404}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"style\\\":{\\\"display\\\":\\\"inline-block\\\"},\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"h2\\\",null,{\\\"style\\\":{\\\"fontSize\\\":14,\\\"fontWeight\\\":400,\\\"lineHeight\\\":\\\"49px\\\",\\\"margin\\\":0},\\\"children\\\":\\\"This page could not be found.\\\"}]}]]}]}]],[]],\\\"forbidden\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"unauthorized\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}]]}],{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"(frontend)\\\",[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"c\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",\\\"0\\\",{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"stylesheet\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"\/_next\/static\/css\/db10a8692ba77778.css\\\",\\\"precedence\\\":\\\"next\\\",\\\"crossOrigin\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"nonce\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"link\\\",\\\"1\\\",{\\\"rel\\\":\\\"stylesheet\\\",\\\"href\\\":\\\"\/_next\/static\/css\/c5584d4d95839234.css\\\",\\\"precedence\\\":\\\"next\\\",\\\"crossOrigin\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"nonce\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}]],\\\"$L4\\\"]}],{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"section\\\",\\\"sports\\\",\\\"d\\\"],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"c\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[null,[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L2\\\",null,{\\\"parallelRouterKey\\\":\\\"children\\\",\\\"error\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"template\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L3\\\",null,{}],\\\"templateStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"templateScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"notFound\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"forbidden\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"unauthorized\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}]]}],{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"category\\\",\\\"weightlifting\\\",\\\"d\\\"],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"c\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[null,[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L2\\\",null,{\\\"parallelRouterKey\\\":\\\"children\\\",\\\"error\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"template\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L3\\\",null,{}],\\\"templateStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"templateScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"notFound\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"forbidden\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"unauthorized\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}]]}],{\\\"children\\\":[[\\\"slug\\\",\\\"speight-turns-to-powerlifting-after-prison-release-to-represent-fiji\\\",\\\"d\\\"],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"c\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[null,[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"id\\\":\\\"fb-root\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L5\\\",null,{\\\"src\\\":\\\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1\\u0026version=v3.2\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L5\\\",null,{\\\"src\\\":\\\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L2\\\",null,{\\\"parallelRouterKey\\\":\\\"children\\\",\\\"error\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"errorScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"template\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L3\\\",null,{}],\\\"templateStyles\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"templateScripts\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"notFound\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"forbidden\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"unauthorized\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\"}]]]}],{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"__PAGE__\\\",[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"c\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$L6\\\",null,[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L7\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$L8\\\",[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$L9\\\",null,{\\\"promise\\\":\\\"$@a\\\"}]]}]]}],{},null,false]},null,false]},null,false]},null,false]},null,false]},null,false],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$1\\\",\\\"h\\\",{\\\"children\\\":[null,[[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$Lb\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":\\\"$Lc\\\"}],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"meta\\\",null,{\\\"name\\\":\\\"next-size-adjust\\\",\\\"content\\\":\\\"\\\"}]],[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$Ld\\\",null,{\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"div\\\",null,{\\\"hidden\\\":true,\\\"children\\\":[\\\"$\\\",\\\"$e\\\",null,{\\\"fallback\\\":null,\\\"children\\\":\\\"$Lf\\\"}]}]}]]}],false]],\\\"m\\\":\\\"$undefined\\\",\\\"G\\\":[\\\"$10\\\",[]],\\\"s\\\":false,\\\"S\\\":false}\\n\"])<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fijisun.com.fj\/sports\/weightlifting\/speight-turns-to-powerlifting-after-prison-release-to-represent-fiji\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former coup frontman George Speight, who was pardoned after 24 years in prison, has moved on to represent Fiji in powerlifting. Speight will compete in the Masters IV 93kg category at the Oceania Regional Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships, which will be held at Suva\u2019s National Gymnasium from November 2 to 6. He is among [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1239,"featured_media":29892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-powerlifting-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026 - World Bodybuilding News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026 - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former coup frontman George Speight, who was pardoned after 24 years in prison, has moved on to represent Fiji in powerlifting. Speight will compete in the Masters IV 93kg category at the Oceania Regional Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships, which will be held at Suva\u2019s National Gymnasium from November 2 to 6. He is among [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-24T01:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tevita Wesele\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tevita Wesele\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tevita Wesele\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ec6742e9c0be1aa7d286fc36ecde060\"},\"headline\":\"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T01:17:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891\"},\"wordCount\":326,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Powerlifting News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891\",\"name\":\"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026 - World Bodybuilding News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-24T01:17:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ec6742e9c0be1aa7d286fc36ecde060\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?p=29891#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Bodybuilding News\",\"description\":\"Data, Rankings, Results.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ec6742e9c0be1aa7d286fc36ecde060\",\"name\":\"Tevita Wesele\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=initials&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=initials&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/?s=96&d=initials&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tevita Wesele\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\\\/?author=1239\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026 - World Bodybuilding News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026 - World Bodybuilding News","og_description":"Former coup frontman George Speight, who was pardoned after 24 years in prison, has moved on to represent Fiji in powerlifting. Speight will compete in the Masters IV 93kg category at the Oceania Regional Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships, which will be held at Suva\u2019s National Gymnasium from November 2 to 6. He is among [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891","og_site_name":"World Bodybuilding News","article_published_time":"2026-09-24T01:17:00+00:00","author":"Tevita Wesele","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tevita Wesele","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891"},"author":{"name":"Tevita Wesele","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ec6742e9c0be1aa7d286fc36ecde060"},"headline":"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026","datePublished":"2026-09-24T01:17:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891"},"wordCount":326,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp","articleSection":["Powerlifting News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891","url":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891","name":"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026 - World Bodybuilding News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-24T01:17:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ec6742e9c0be1aa7d286fc36ecde060"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/c467d3c7-c674-4495-8951-e3144724b7a2.webp","width":1920,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29891#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Speight turns to powerlifting after prison release, to\u2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/","name":"World Bodybuilding News","description":"Data, Rankings, Results.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9ec6742e9c0be1aa7d286fc36ecde060","name":"Tevita Wesele","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=initials&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=initials&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=initials&r=g","caption":"Tevita Wesele"},"url":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?author=1239"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}