Chris Morgan, the current reigning Gay Games powerlifting champion, has qualified for both this year's European and world championship finals.
He was lifting in the British Championships, held in Tamworth, England, lifting a total of 557.5 kilos ( 1,229.07 lbs. ) to place second in the 82.5 kilo ( 181.8 lb. ) class. Morgan has already appeared for England on four occasions, taking World Championship silver ( 2004 ) , gold ( 2005 ) and bronze ( 2006 ) , along with a silver at the European contest ( 2005 ) .
The European Championships will be held in Ireland in June, and the World Championships are to be held in Evansville, Ind., in November.