41-year old powerlifter french powerlifter Mael Le Paven got caught cheating at the Masters 1 powerlifting competition, which the International Powerlifting Federation hosts.
Mael was competing as a raw lifter that means no equipment allowed, and you rely entirely on your body’s strength.
What happened was that Mael Le Paven wore a slingshot which helped significantly lift heavier weights in the bench press.
Something looked odd about him, and people noticed.
When he was called out, he ran away to try and hide it; Mael claimed that he hurt his wrist and that’s the reason for him running away.
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That was not the case; he used a slingshot to lift heavier weights which are not allowed when competing in the raw division.
That’s not all.
When performing the squat, Mael Le Paven also wore a squat suit under his clothes, which isn’t allowed.
Mael has been competing in powerlifting for 5-years, so he knows that he was cheating, trying to hide it.
Mael was denied gold medal in squat after being caught cheating
Mael had the best squat of the day, so he would have gotten a gold medal for the squat if another competing powerlifter would not have caught him cheating. (video below of him being caught cheating)
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Mael also had the 4th best bench press; he didn’t perform a deadlift because, at that point, he had already been disqualified for cheating.
However, if he had performed the deadlift, he could have won the overall.
This incident raises some questions regarding the quality control of this powerlifting competition.
As officials or judges didn’t catch Mael, he was caught by another powerlifting competitor.
If this competitor hadn’t noticed him cheating, he could have gone away with it.
Powelifter Runs Away After being suspected of cheating (video)
Mael Le Paven was very sneaky with his cheats, he faked his wrist being hurt, and after each lift, he ran away to the back so nobody would notice the slingshot.
That wasn’t enough as some powerlifters in the crowd suspected him of cheating and followed him around; he continued running until he was eventually caught.
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