ICKB Girls take Gold and Bronze at 2011 IUKL Worlds
This was an action packed weekend full of excitement and surprises. Jessica and Surya flew to New York to compete in the 2011 IUKL World Championships with the top teams from Europe and Asia!
After a two year hiatus from Kettlebell Sport (Jess’ last competition was in November 2009) due to her pregnancy and birth of her son Jake, Jessica became the 2011 World Champion in the 16kg amateur class! We are beyond proud of Jessica’s postpartum comeback. (She is still a nursing new mom!)
Surya took the Bronze Medal after Indra from Latvia and Ksenia from Russia in the 24kg professional division! While earning a medal amongst the best female lifters in the world is an incredible accomplishment, Surya’s most notable achievement today was earning her CMS rank with the 24kg kettlebell under the IUKL rules in international competition.
Maya had to step on the podium to accept Jessica’s gold medal because Jessica flew back to SFO immediately after her set to be with her baby (welcome home Jess)!
Surya, Maya, and Jess with Valentyn of Ukraine, Anton of Russia, and Valery of USA!
This has been an all star weekend and we are honored to be here. We are looking forward to tomorrow’s Men’s Long Cycle and International Team Relay competitions.
Best,
Steven
Congratulations! Your team is such an inspiration.
Great work on the platform! Congratulations to everyone!
Wow- their achievements represent an incredible work ethic and great coaching. They remain so deserving, inspirational and humble. Beautiful!
Wow! Congratulations everyone, you are such an inspiration!
Yay very nice work Jess and Surya! Hope you could hear us cheering all the way from home. So proud of you both and all your hard work, dedication, and drive.
Congratulations to both of you! We are so proud of you. Amazing work!!!!
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Fantastic! So proud of you both, Jess & Surya. Can’t wait to hear more!
Congratulations Jess, Surya, Maya and Steve!!! You are all incredibly amazing!!! xox
WOW. Just WOW (I’m sure you’ll get a lot of that). Congratulations. So proud to know you both!
Sincere thanks to our phenomenal IC community.
I thought of you all throughout the day and look forward
to hearing all the amazing Tough Mudder stories.
As always thank you to Steve and Maya for their amazing
coaching throughout every step of the journey!
Thank you to Valery Fedorenko for being there
to support us.
I was in complete awe of the performances
I had the honor to witness – totally amazing from
start to finish! Heart, technique, and ferocity!!
Can’t wait to get back to the IC to continue training.
Congrats and hugs all around – beautiful! And yes “wow”!!!! Your dedication is inspiring for sure.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!! Big big BIG Congratulations!
Congratulations ladies!! Your hard work and dedication always inspires me.
Xoxo
Congrats!!! You guys are so awesome!
I am now less sad that you couldn’t join us on Tough Mudder.
Awesome job, although I expected no less! Congratulations on another amazing performance!
This was an EPIC event right here in the USA… Way to step up and represent!!
Amazing, but not surprising, congrats Jessica!
Great job – again!!!
Fantastic job to all. Very inspiring for all of us inspiring GS athletes. Go U.S.A.!