The Belarus Weightlifting Nationals happened last weekend (June 16-17).
Andrei Aramnau, weighing in at 110.85kg, snatched 190kg, missed 195kg and got 197kg by 2-1 majority vote.
After hitting 210kg and 220kg in the C&J he apparently he smashed his quads pretty badly missing his third attempt at 230kg. (via)
Andrei Rybakov (profile) lifted 185kg in the snatch + 205kg in the C&J (missed 210kg) weighing 87kg. He lifted 185 /209 in Beijing 2008, but this would have been enough for Gold at last year’s Worlds.
As always, if you find videos of the lifts submit them here.
Thanks to Rob for sharing this.
Ecstatic to see Rybakov back on form. He’ll be a serious contender in these Olympics if he can repeat a 185 snatch and do something near the teens in his C&J.
He will medal for sure.
Going to be interesting to see how much Lu Yong can improve from the 2012 Chinese Nationls performance (175/200).
Yeah Lu didn’t look too impressive despite winning the national title. Those numbers are not podium material in my opinion.
What happened to andrei? I know he had an alcohol problem, is that the reason for the numbers he is hitting now compared to his dominate performance in 2008?
I think after his suspension he got a bit off track.
But these are still world class numbers, let’s not forget that.
Plus, still more than a month time to prepare and diet down.