SINGAPORE: It was in secondary school when Farhanna Farid first realised she was a little different.“I was very goofy," she told CNA. "I just didn't feel like I needed to be like the other girls ...
prim and proper. Activities they liked to do was not something that I very much liked to do.”And it was suffocating at times, because Farhanna felt she had to do certain things to fit in.“I felt like I always had this unbridled, unfulfilled potential and I didn't know what it was,” said the Singaporean, who earlier this month set a new world record in the women’s Under-52kg deadlift.Her 203kg effort, set at the World Open Classic Powerlifting Championships in Malta, was her sixth deadlift world record in the span of a year.Staying “within the lines” didn’t bring much joy and Farhanna poured her energy into various hobbies.“I tried to do everything ...
I was a jack of all trades, but master of none.”Until she discovered powerlifting.It was a “series of unfortunate events” that led her to the sport.
An avid runner during her university days, Farhanna started to experience niggling injuries.“I just kind of kept pushing through and then I suddenly hit a wall … Basically, me running was doing more harm than any good.”But she still had all that pent-up energy.