WLiftPro uploaded a video from the 1996 Olympics. Halil Mutlu (54kg winner), Lingsheng Tang (59kg winner) and Xugang Zhan (70kg winner).
Alexander Levandovsky 210kg Snatch
May 20, 2013 By 11 Comments
25 years ago … Alexander Levandovsky snatched 210kg at the 1988 Europeans. Why doesn’t he have a wiki page? Can’t find any information about him. Related: Akkaev’s 210kg Snatch
Sergei Lee 155kg Snatch
May 16, 2013 By 4 Comments
Heaviest Duck Walk ever? Here is Sergei Lee’s 155kg Snatch from the 1985 Europeans 75kg where he placed 3rd. By the way, this channel has uploaded more clips from the comp. Do you know of other recoveries like that? Update: Jeff Michels also sports a nice Duck Walk. (Thanks Zakhmanov)
190kg Snatch From Blocks By ???
May 12, 2013 By 4 Comments
Let’s play “Guess the Lifter” … Because I am blanking on the name of this 190kg from the blocks Snatcher. Update: First guesses coming in. Looks like Gennady Muratov (200kg Snatch attempt here). Other Guesses: Rodion Bochkov Maxim Matveev (definitely not him) Thanks to everybody who submitted this.
Konstantin Roschupkin 94kg Junior World Champion
May 11, 2013 By 3 Comments
Who would have thunk it? Two Russian lifters took the top spots at the 2013 Junior Worlds 94kg. Konstantin Roschupkin went 6/6 and totaled 371kg with a 168kg Snatch and a 203kg Clean & Jerk. That gave him the 1kg lead over his colleague Alexey Kosov (Youth Snatch WR holder) who snatched 173kg, but “only” [...]
