Editing Powerlifting (section)

==== Causes for disqualification ====
*Failure to observe the referee's signals at the commencement or completion of the lift.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |date=January 23, 2024 |title=IPF Technical Rules Book 2024 |url=https://www.powerlifting.sport/fileadmin/ipf/data/rules/technical-rules/english/IPF_Technical_Rules_Book_2024_24_Jan.pdf |journal=International Powerlifting Federation |pages=12}}</ref>
*Any change in the elected position such as shoulders, glutes, and head after the 'start' and before the 'rack' command.<ref name=":8" />
*Allowing the bar to sink into the chest after receiving the referee's signal.<ref name=":8" />
*Pronounced uneven extension of the arms during or at the completion of the lift.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Move United Para Powerlifting Rulebook 2023 |url=https://moveunitedsport.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023-Move-United-Para-Powerlifting-Rules.pdf |journal=Move United |pages=6}}</ref>
*Any downward motion of the bar during the course of being pressed out.<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |date=January 23, 2024 |title=IPF Technical Rules Book 2024 |url=https://www.powerlifting.sport/fileadmin/ipf/data/rules/technical-rules/english/IPF_Technical_Rules_Book_2024_24_Jan.pdf |journal=International Powerlifting Federation |pages=11}}</ref>
*Contact with the bar by the spotters between the referee's signals.<ref name=":8" />
*Any contact of the lifter's shoes with the bench or its supports.<ref name=":8" />
*Deliberate contact between the bar and the bar rest uprights during the lift to assist the completion of the press.<ref name=":8" />
*Failure to lower both elbow joints to the level with or below the top surface of both shoulder joints.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |date=January 23, 2024 |title=IPF Technical Rules Book 2024 |url=https://www.powerlifting.sport/fileadmin/ipf/data/rules/technical-rules/english/IPF_Technical_Rules_Book_2024_24_Jan.pdf |journal=International Powerlifting Federation |pages=10}}</ref>