Over 120 competitors from across the country flexed their biceps at the weekend to compete in the National Arm-wrestling Championships at Klein Parys Vineyards in Paarl.
‘You have to be focused and be in that mindset that you’re going to win,’ says Rafeeq Joseph, who co-founded the Cape Viperz, based in Heideveld, one of the few arm-wrestling clubs in the Western Cape.
Following a few intense rounds of arm-wrestling on Friday, Joseph celebrated winning the 75kg left-arm division of the tournament. ‘This is my biggest and proudest moment in the sport,’ he said.‘After I broke my arm, I wanted to prove to myself that I can be a champion,’ he said. Sean Christie, a SAAF organiser and competitor, said arm-wrestling as a sport has been established in the Highveld, Gauteng, for two decades. ‘The Cape is catching up quickly,’ he said.
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