Home of Strength
Bwahaha, check out the game play of the official London 2012 Weightlifting video game. Especially the flawless 2nd attempt. Thanks for sharing Lester. Update: Interesting side note: Damon Kelly did the weights dropping on the platform sounds in his gym. And the platform is the one Leonid Taranenko lifted the 266kg Clean & Jerk on.
Here is Kirill Sarychev’s (23 years old) 315kg (694 lbs) raw bench press from the 2012 Battle of Champions. Update: Video with all his attempts. Thanks Phil. 280kg, 300kg, 307,5kg, 315kg Update: Complete recording of the 2012 Battle of Champions
Seems like Zydrunas Savickas is putting up new log press world records every competition he enters. 217.5kg at the 2012 Strongman Champions Leage Holland The Krachtsport YouTube Channel has more videos from the event. Update: Different Angle
Check out 2011 77kg Junior World Champ Albert Sayakhov doing some heavy barbell complexes. 195kg Clean + Front Squat + Jerk 185kg Clean +3x Front Squats + Jerk Thanks to Dan for sharing it on the All Things Gym Facebook Page.
Just wanted to highlight the achievement of my fellow Berliner, discus thrower Robert Harting. The two-time reigning discus world champion took first place yesterday in Helsinki at the European Championships. 68.30 meters (224 feet, 1 inch) in rainy conditions. I don’t know much about about discus throwing, but do know I know that these guys [...]
