Para powerlifting words · Beginner

Strength sport for athletes with an eligible impairment, governed by the International Paralympic Committee under the name World Para Powerlifting. The Paralympic discipline is the bench press, which the rules call Power.

The bench press discipline, the test of upper body strength. The athlete lowers the bar to the chest, stops it there and presses it up to arm's length with locked elbows, with three attempts, and the heaviest successful attempt wins.

Ten for each gender. Women: up to 41, 45, 50, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79 and 86 kg, and over 86 kg. Men: up to 49, 54, 59, 65, 72, 80, 88, 97 and 107 kg, and over 107 kg. An athlete registers in only one category during a competition.

The official check that an athlete is within their bodyweight category, held in a private area with officials of the athlete's gender, in sport underclothing, up to a day before the kit check. The athlete confirms the starting weight and rack height on the attempt card. An athlete who does not make the weight by the end of the weigh-in, or does not attend or bring identification, is disqualified from the event.

Each athlete has one attempt in each of three rounds, at a whole number of kilograms and starting within two minutes of the athlete's full name being announced in English. After a good lift the next weight must be at least 1 kg heavier, and after a no lift it may be the same.

A lift judged correct in four sequences: body position (turquoise), down (blue), stop (orange) and press (purple). The athlete lies still on the bench, takes the bar at arm's length, waits for the start command, lowers it under control, stops it on the chest without sinking, and presses it up evenly to locked elbows before racking it on the command.

A lift that fails any sequence, for example starting before the command, dropping or hitting the chest with the bar, not stopping it, pressing unevenly or with unnatural support, racking before the command, or hitting the racks. The three referees decide by lights or flags, with two or three white for a good lift and two or three red for a no lift, and the colours of the failed sequences are shown.