Meet the Sask. woman who just became a world silver medallist in arm wrestling [Video]

Move over, Popeye the Sailor. Make way for Peyton Pickering.

The 19-year-old who trains in Saskatoon captured a silver medal last week at the World Arm Wrestling Championships in Moldova. She placed second in the women’s youth 70-kilogram category.

Was it a big deal for her? “Like the biggest deal of anything in my whole life,” she said.

Pickering trains with the Bridge City Pullers in Saskatoon. In an interview with CBC Radio’s Saskatoon Morning, she said she first tried the sport after following her dad to a practice and immediately loved the community she found there.

“It’s just a really good community and support system, where everybody is always looking out for everybody and helping everybody push themselves,” she said. “My actual passion for the sport was just how awesome everybody in the club was.”