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Indian teenagers set new records at World Powerlifting Championship
Updated On: 02 July, 2023 10:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
It helps them grow stronger, taller, and frees them from stereotypes of what teen girls should look like. Noa Eappen and Kasha Sachdev are powerlifting their way to success, dads in tow
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(From left) Kasha Sachdev, 15, and Noa Eappen, 13, are both gold medalists in powerlifting
If the teenage years are meant to raise some hell, 15-year-old Kasha Nia Sachdev and 13-year-old Noa Sara Eappen are truly different. At an age when peers are riding the latest viral Insta trend, or figuring which Taylor Swift aesthetic to style themselves after, the two are winning gold medals and that too, in the hypermasculine sport of powerlifting. The two have just returned from the World Powerlifting Championship in Kyrgyzstan, where Kasha won Gold and set world records in Teen 1, Female, Under 75 kg; and Noa won Gold and set world records in Teen-1, Female, Under 60 kg. Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift.
We spoke to them and their fathers: Nicholai Sachdev, their coach, who is a powerlifter himself. He won Gold in bench press and Silver in deadlift at the recent championship. Rij Eappen is a luxury lifestyle digital content creator.
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