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A woman has returned to the world championship podium for powerlifting, eight years after winning a gold medal in the sport.<\/b><\/p>\n
Aneela Rose, from Burgess Hill, secured silver at the championships after failing to qualify five months earlier.<\/p>\n
At a qualifier in Eastbourne, she lifted 242kg, 10kg more than was needed to reach the championships, before lifting 247.5kg to win silver.<\/p>\n
The mother of two told BBC Radio Sussex<\/a>: “I started by accident after the London 2012 Olympics, I started throwing the javelin but kept getting injured. I was told to strengthen up but my PT told me I was freakishly strong.”<\/p>\n Inspired by Tessa Sanderson and Fatima Whitbread, she said javelin had been her first sporting love before she switched her focus to weightlifting.<\/p>\n Rose first competed in powerlifting in 2016 but said “something changed” when she turned 50.<\/p>\n Now going through the menopause, she said continuing to compete had altered the way she thought about getting older.<\/p>\n The busy mum and business owner said “I’m super organiser and manage it – if you want something enough, you do it.”<\/p>\n She trains four to five times a week and places a strong emphasis on diet and sleep.<\/p>\n She added: “I cried when I failed to qualify the first time round, I was inconsolable.<\/p>\n “I think it was an off day.<\/p>\n “I considered giving up but on the way home, my brain flipped.<\/p>\n “The second qualifier went well and I was beyond thrilled after I finished second at the Worlds.”<\/p>\n Follow BBC Sussex on <\/i>Facebook<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a>, on <\/i>X<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a>, and on <\/i>Instagram<\/i>, external<\/span><\/a>. Send your story ideas to <\/i>southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk <\/i>, external<\/span><\/a> or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n