Meanwhile in Peru at the Jr. Worlds … Valentin Hristov continued his reign over the 62kg category. The 19 year old totaled 316kg, 21kg more than 2nd placed Meilong Chen. Snatch: 130kg, 135kg, 138kg Clean & Jerk: 166kg, x178kg, 178kg (Jr. WR)
Alexandr Kurlovich 215kg Snatch + 266kg Clean & Jerk
January 28, 2013 By 6 Comments
Hope you all have a good start into the week. Here is one from the history books I hadn’t posted before. Alexandr Kurlovich’s 215kg Snatch at the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. One of the most amazing lifters who ever walked this planet. He went 215kg / 245kg in that meet. And for good measure, here is [...]
Jesse Norris 839kg Total @ 90kg & Age 19
January 11, 2013 By 2 Comments
This is so good! 19 year old Jesse Norris totals 839kg Total @ 90kg bodyweight. This makes it an all time World Record. Squat: 317.5kg (no wraps for extra points) Bench Press: 181.5kg Deadlift: 340kg This surpasses Ryan Celli’s all-time raw total WR of 834.5kg @ 90kg, as well as Jesse Kellum’s all-time raw WR squat of [...]
Alexey Kosov 172kg Youth World Record Snatch
November 21, 2012 By 4 Comments
Here is one to watch in the upcoming Junior Europeans. In 2011 Alexey Kosov set a new Youth World Record in the Snatch. 172kg @87kg bodyweight. In two weeks he will be lifting in the 94s at the Juniors and submitted a 370kg total (same as Aliaksandr Venskel from Belarus). Going to be exciting to see how much he [...]
Suping Meng 188kg Clean & Jerk World Record
November 10, 2012 By 17 Comments
To finish off the 3rd World University Games, Suping Meng of China set a new Clean & Jerk World Record in the Women’s +75kg category. This difference became even more spectacular in the clean and jerk when MENG started at 173kg and with her second attempt of 180kg she came at merely 7kg of the [...]
