{"id":31125,"date":"2026-10-08T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=31125"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:27:00","slug":"mental-health-nurse-sets-three-welsh-records-at-commonwealth-powerlifting-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=31125","title":{"rendered":"Mental health nurse sets three Welsh records at Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1063166\">\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" wp_automatic_readability=\"67.043331457513\">\n\t\t<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?????><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" wp_automatic_readability=\"6.1161616161616\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.8636363636364\">\n<p class=\"advert\" style=\"background-color: #fff9e6; border-left: 4px solid #f59e0b; padding: 20px; border-radius: 6px; margin: 24px 0;\">\n  <strong style=\"display: block; font-size: 1.1em; color: #1f2937; margin-bottom: 8px;\"><br \/>\n    Support quality, independent local news<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n  <span style=\"display: block; color: #4b5563; font-size: 0.95em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 16px;\"><br \/>\n    Help fund public-interest journalism in Caerphilly County Borough from just <strong>\u00a31 a month<\/strong> and enjoy an <strong>advert-free website experience<\/strong>.<br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/membership.caerphilly.observer\/join?mtm_campaign=member_appeal&amp;mtm_source=website&amp;mtm_placement=article_bottom\" style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #DC3232; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 18px; border-radius: 4px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-size: 0.9em;\"><br \/>\n    Become a member today \u2192<br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/caerphilly.observer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Olu-Akanro-powerlifting-ABUHB-1.webp\" alt=\"Olu Akanro, right, on the podium in Canada\" class=\"wp-image-1063167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caerphilly.observer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Olu-Akanro-powerlifting-ABUHB-1.webp 640w, https:\/\/caerphilly.observer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Olu-Akanro-powerlifting-ABUHB-1-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/caerphilly.observer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Olu-Akanro-powerlifting-ABUHB-1-150x113.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Olu Akanro, right, on the podium in Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior NHS nurse working in Caerphilly has won a silver medal and set three national records while representing Wales at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships in Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olu Akanro, lead nurse for adult mental health and senior nurse for the Ty-Cyfannol and Carn-y-Cefn wards in the Caerphilly Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, travelled to Winnipeg in September for the international event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Competing in powerlifting professionally for two years, Olu lifted a combined total of 672.5kg to secure second place overall in his category.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the way, he set three new Welsh records: a 250kg squat, a 180kg bench press, and an overall combined total record. He also placed third in the deadlift discipline with a 242.5kg lift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olu, who joined Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in April 2012, has worked in the NHS for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking after the competition, Olu said: \u201cBalancing a demanding role in mental health services with training has been challenging at times, but it has all been worthwhile. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m proud to have brought home a silver medal and to have set three Welsh records along the way.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The health board praised Olu\u2019s achievements in Canada and said: \u201cCongratulations, Olu, on an outstanding achievement and for flying the flag for Wales and Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>ABUHB<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/caerphilly.observer\/sport\/1063166\/mental-health-nurse-sets-three-welsh-records-at-commonwealth-powerlifting-championships\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support quality, independent local news Help fund public-interest journalism in Caerphilly County Borough from just \u00a31 a month and enjoy an advert-free website experience. Become a member today \u2192 Olu Akanro, right, on the podium in Canada A senior NHS nurse working in Caerphilly has won a silver medal and set three national records while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":31126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31125","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>Mental health nurse sets three Welsh records at Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships - 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=31125\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mental health nurse sets three Welsh records at Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships - World Bodybuilding News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Support quality, independent local news Help fund public-interest journalism in Caerphilly County Borough from just \u00a31 a month and enjoy an advert-free website experience. 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