The Final Session!
The Men’s +105kg (B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over.
BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams)
Update: Official Recordings on YouTube
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Snatch:
This was the shocker of the evening – Matthias Steiner takes a bad hit by losing 196kg over his head (backup gif).
Update:
According to German news he has suffered a back injury. But after first examinations it seems to be nothing major.
Steiner immediately told his coach, Frank Mantek, “I can feel my legs“.
After thorough examination and CT scans they found the following:
No injuries to bones or the spinal cord.
“The examination shows a ligament injury to the cervical vertebrae, a bruised sternum and a pulled muscle in the thoracic spine” (via the German weightlifting federation).
He also said, training will go on and this is no reason to end his career now. (Thanks Martin)
Ruslan Albegov went 3/3 with 208kg on his 3rd. Being lighter than Behdad Salimi who took the same weight means that Ruslan is the leader going into the Clean & Jerk.
Interesting side note on Albegov, he left the military 3 years ago. Entered at 135kg and left at 109kg. Before the army he snatched 180kg and clean & jerked 220kg.
Clean & Jerk:
So it was enough for Salimi to come out at 247kg on his first attempt and get Gold.
He even took a shot at 264kg. Why not?
Sajjad Anoushiravani got 245kg and missed 251kg on his third. Silver.
Ruslan Albegov couldn’t get past 240kg. But his 208kg Snatch secured Bronze.
Sang Guen Jeon became 4th with a 246kg Clean Jerk.
Results:
| Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
| Behdad Salimi | A | 168.19 | 201 | 205 | 208 | 208 | 247 | — | 247 | 455 | |
| Sajjad Anoushiravani | A | 152.46 | 198 | 204 | 204 | 237 | 245 | 251 | 245 | 449 | |
| Ruslan Albegov | A | 147.15 | 198 | 204 | 208 | 208 | 240 | 240 | 448 | ||
| Jeon Sang-Guen | A | 157.53 | 190 | 190 | 246 | 246 | 436 | ||||
| Irakli Turmanidze | A | 126.23 | 192 | 198 | 201 | 201 | 225 | 232 | 232 | 433 | |
| Ihor Shymechko | A | 137.38 | 197 | 197 | 225 | 232 | 232 | 429 | |||
| Jiří Orság | A | 128.15 | 182 | 187 | 187 | 231 | 239 | 239 | 426 | ||
| Almir Velagić | A | 141.41 | 186 | 190 | 192 | 192 | 229 | 234 | 234 | 426 | |
| Yauheni Zharnasek | B | 147.37 | 188 | 193 | 196 | 196 | 219 | 225 | 230 | 230 | 426 |
| Chen Shih-chieh | B | 141.14 | 177 | 182 | 182 | 230 | 236 | 236 | 418 | ||
| Péter Nagy | B | 155.55 | 184 | 191 | 191 | 216 | 225 | 225 | 416 | ||
| Fernando Reis | B | 140.49 | 178 | 180 | 180 | 220 | — | 220 | 400 | ||
| Kazuomi Ota | B | 146.51 | 180 | 185 | 185 | 215 | 215 | 400 | |||
| Itte Detenamo | B | 151.32 | 165 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 205 | 215 | 215 | 390 | |
| Christian López | B | 139.15 | 172 | 172 | 209 | 215 | 215 | 387 | |||
| Damon Kelly | B | 150.83 | 155 | 160 | 165 | 165 | 192 | 201 | 216 | 216 | 381 |
| Frederic Fokejou | B | 132.74 | 150 | 155 | 160 | 160 | 190 | 202 | 202 | 362 | |
| Carl Henriquez | B | 150.38 | 115 | 122 | 122 | 160 | 160 | 282 | |||
| Matthias Steiner | A | 149.98 | 192 | 192 | — | — | — | — | DNF | ||
Velichko Cholakov “failed to show up for the weigh-in Tuesday. No reason was given.” via
Entry Weights:
| Athlete | Planned 1st Snatch (Kg) | Planned 1st C&J (Kg) |
|---|---|---|
| ORSAG Jiri | 182 | 231 |
| VELAGIC Almir | 185 | 230 |
| STEINER Matthias | 190 | 250 |
| JEON Sang-Guen | 190 | 240 |
| TURMANIDZE Irakli | 192 | 225 |
| ALBEGOV Ruslan | 195 | 235 |
| SHYMECHKO Ihor | 197 | 225 |
| ANOUSHIRAVANI HAMLABAD Sajjad | 198 | 237 |
| SALIMIKORDASIABI Behdad | 201 | 251 |
World Records:
| Snatch | 214 kg | Behdad Salimi |
| Clean & Jerk | 263 kg | Hossein Rezazadeh |
| Total | 472 kg | Hossein Rezazadeh |
Apoteósica lucha ente Salimi y Steiner, … no la veo fácil … Se unirá la juventud vs la experiencia …
steiner wont even get into podium, its more about albegov and salimi.
hey, you tell me, what was the last time we saw a C&J above 260KG. And when will we see again?
i was too asking myself this its gonna be a loooong time seems the snatches are going up and jerks are stuck there????
Ilya Ilins coaches stated that he could live with the Supers. They weren’t wrong. His WR total a few days ago would have put him in the middle of the SHW pack tonight. Amazing.
In my mind a disappointing end to a disappointing series of competitions. Ilya was the highlight for sure.
You must be new to lifting, nearly every session had drama and was very close-including the women sessions- We saw everything you want to see at the olympics, good drama, close competition and new records-along with an absolutely historic performance in the 94kg class by a future all time great lifter-. Gregor you did a FANTASTIC job covering the olympics for all of us, thank you.
Thanks,
And yeah we saw some pretty good lifting. Some of which was for the history books and will be remembered for decades to come.
You may disagree but I would appreciate it if you could lay off the ad hominem in the future.
Do agree on the 94kg class and Gregor’s coverage of it. Great job.
Was Salimi close to getting 264? He at least clean it?
Nah, he clarked it
No. He touched the bar, and it clearly felt too much at that time.
Does anyone have an update on Steiner? Is he OK?
Steiner was awesome the way he walked away from that snatch. And it looked like he was considering making another attempt for a while there. I loved when Salimi had won gold, went for an insane jump for the world record but failed, and the two Iranians celebrated on the platform. And the random london official guy is like ‘okay, get off the stage now’ and they’re both just like ‘haha whatever little man, we’re champions’.
Really really good job gregor!
Just I was so stupid not gettin’ you update the posts, just now skimmed again to all the posts.
To Steiner: Getting 196 kg on th ehead – walk off the plattform like nothing. Just amazing.
Thanks, yeah I will keep updating the post as long as new videos / infos trickle in.
anyone know what happened to Cholokov?
“Cholakov failed to show up for the weigh-in Tuesday. No reason was given.”
via
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM0hpNdR9MtjLF0TdvxCZSPNDolQ?docId=31a0a1e8fca8426ea6984c8f0c1980bd
File’s not found, must be taken down for copyright ;).
Damn, now they are also going after liveleak!