Lithuanian assistant admits sabotaging world record attempt: 'I am a racist and did it deliberately'

In June, Belgian powerlifting star Sonita Muluh set a new world record. She then attempted to push the mark even further, and the effort initially appeared to have been successful. However, during that attempt, interference by a Lithuanian assistant was recorded.

At first, the incident was dismissed as a human error. A month later, it became clear that it was not. The Lithuanian assistant admitted: "I am a racist and did it deliberately." The confession shows that the world-record improvement attempt was intentionally sabotaged.

The original report does not reveal exactly how the assistant interfered or what effect it had on the attempt. What is known is that the athlete had already broken the record in June and that her next attempt was disrupted not by accident, but by deliberate action. The case stands out because the assistant explicitly linked his behaviour to racism.