Those were the 2014 Russian Weightlifting National Championships in Grozny.
What a great competition. I hope you enjoyed ATG’s coverage of the event (I had a blast 🙂 ).
Below are the highlights and video recordings.
News
Here are the athletes that qualified for the Russian Worlds Team. They will be invited to the final training camps.
Men:
- 69 kg: Oleg Chen, Felix Halibekov
- 77 kg: Muhamad Hibalov, Arsen Boraganov
- 85 kg: Apti Aukhadov, Artem Okulov, Aleksey Yufkin
- 94 kg: Alexander Ivanov, Adam Maligov, Rinat Kireev
- 105 kg: David Bedzhanyan, Vasiliy Polovnikov, Maxim Sheiko, Martin Sabanchiev
- +105 kg: Ruslan Albegov, Alex Lovchev, Chingiz Mogushkov, Dmitry Lapikov
Women:
- 58 kg: Elena Shadrina
- 63 kg: Tima Turieva, Nadezda Likhacheva
- 69kg: Olga Afanasyeva
- 75 kg: Nadezda Evstyukhina
- +75 kg: Tatiana Kashirina Julia Konovalova
Reserve: 53 kg Elena Sukhar, 63 kg Nadezda Lomova, 75 kg Lyudmila Anina.
Useful Links:
Highlights:
- 56kg: Aleksander Krasnov with a 114kg Snatch
- 63kg: Natalya Khlestkina wins the 63kg with 108 + 136, Nadezda Likhacheva 109kg Snatch,
- 69kg: Tima Turieva 115kg Snatch + 148kg Clean & Jerk
- 77kg: Arsen Boraganov 160kg Snatch, Muhammad Hibalov wins with 157 + 190
- 75kg: Nadezda Evstyukhina with 125kg + 155kg
- +75kg: Julia Konovalova 120kg Snatch + 150kg Clean & Jerk
- 85kg: Artem Okulov wins the Snatch with 173kg + 200kg C&J (missed 205kg)
- 94kg: Adam Maligov (92.8kg) 178kg Snatch + 219kg C&J
- 105kg: 241kg Clean & Jerk by David Bedzhanyan, Vasiliy Polovnikov (190 + 226), Maxim Sheyko (187+229), Martin Sabanchiev (191+ 220),
- +105kg: Chingiz Mogushkov Snatches 213kg for a new Russian Record, Alexey Lovchev wins with 212 + 256
Video Recordings
Vasiliy Polovnikov’s 190kg Snatch
and 226kg Clean & Jerk, 230kg attempt
Adam Maligov’s lifts in 94kg
Rinat Kireev’s lifts in 94kg
Nadezda Evstyukhina with 125 + 155 in the 75kg
Tima Turieva’s 115 + 148 at 65.65kg
Khlestkina wins the 63kg with 108 + 136
Muhammad Hibalov wins the 77kg with 157 + 190.
Arsen Baragamov with a 160kg Snatch in the 77kg
Nadezda Likhacheva wins the 63kg Snatch with 109kg
Julia Konovalova (@konovalovajul) takes home the +75kg Golds with 120 + 150
Look through the start lists (they are in cyrillic) and share your findings. Men:
- 77kg: Razmik Unanyan, Vladislav Lukanin
- 85kg: Artem Okulov, Aleksey Yufkin
- 94kg: Adam Maligov,Rinat Kireev, Alexandr Ivanov, Ramazan Rasulov
- 105kg:
Dmitry Berestovis out, David Bedzhanyan, Timur Naniev, VasiliyPolovnikov, Maxim Sheiko, no Demanov, no Klimonov - +105kg:
Ruslan Albegovalso out, Alexey Lovchev, Dmitry Lapikov, Chingiz Mogushkov, Genaddy Muratov, no Abuev
News: I got a mail saying that about 10 athletes had to drop out due to sickness (food poisoning / fever).
Women:
- 58kg: Elena Shadrina (European Champion)
- 63kg: Nadezda Lomova
- 69kg: Tima Turieva (63kg World Champ), Olga Afanasyeva and Tatiana Matveeva
- 75kg: Nadezda Evstyukhina
- +75kg: Julia Konovalova
I see Alexey Yufkin in 85. Ivanov, Kireev and Mironov at 94. Bedzhanyan, Berestov, Naniev, Sheyko at 105 (no Demanov?). Albegov, Kozlov, Lovchev, Lapikov and Muratov at 105+.
For women, Shadrina at 58. Lomova at 63. Afanasyeva and Matveeva at 69. Evstyukhina at 75 and Konovalova at 75+.
No Apti Aukhadov?
As I wrote in the post, he along with Oleg Chen, (who both had injuries) can skip nationals.
great to see Berestov.
Berestov is saying that he is injured and won’t compete :'(
http://instagram.com/p/r4qBEYABLJ/
ffs! that’s a bummer…
What happened to Sharina and Zubova?
Zubova is currently banned
Ah, yes. My mistake as well with “Sharina”… I meant Shainova, and I see that she too has been sanctioned. It will be a good day when the rest of the women’s team follows suit.
Why is she banned?
Tested positive for Clomiphene after 2013 Worlds.
I’m assuming Clomiphene is used to hide or counter the effects of steroids.
What about Artem Ivanov? Is he gonna lift for Ukraine or switch to Russia?
Artem will lift for Russia, but he will not compete here. He needs more time to prepare (after his injury)
https://allthingsgym.com/weightlifting-news-artem-ivanov-crimean-gets-russian-passport/
Albegov most likely won’t compete too…
That would be a great shame 🙁 I was really looking forward to see him again.
How can I watch the live stream? Thanks…btw I hope Lapikov makes it to the show. Dying to see him compete.
Click play in the player
is good advice but not work for me…player not show when event is happening only later
I watched it using the player, so it definitely works. I have no idea what’s not working on your system
I can wait for the links to the video. Thx
For some reason, the video player shows up only when no event is taking place. Then when the event is on, it disappears and the link on the title of this post also becomes inoperative. Anybody got any ideas. Is there a specific download I need to make it work?
Adam Maligov in 94 kg class?
Probably for the same reasons Nadezda is in +75, Turieva in 69kg…
They are planning for worlds and didn’t want / need to make weight.
Alex Ivanov is not lifting he is unwell
This getting worse and worse 🙁
Is there a video from the event on youtube??
If you scroll down a bit to the Video Recordings there are some links to sessions that have already taken place
Yes, I see now, thank you
I hope lapikov can give lovchev a good battle or even beat him. And hopefully Vasily can put up some good numbers
In before Lapikov snatches 215 and C&J 220. :3
Lapikov looked flat…tired or over-trained. Just not in the zone that day. Some lifters seem to be able to show up consistently with their “A” game. It has to be tough on these guys having a tiny little window to perform at the highest level. A minor injury or strain, bad bowl of borscht 🙂 etc can spoil months of training.
I hope it was just an off day. I like Lovchev, Albegov, and Chingiz (really leaned on that 213)..they are all great Super Heavies. I would like to see Lapikov win something big though.
Okulov is ridiculously fast
I wonder if he was injured. He was wearing a wrist wrap on just one of his wrists during the CJs. He also failed 205…
I was actually curious about this myself. He puts up really big training lifts ie 190kg hang snatch and 180kg hang snatch double but only snatches 173 in competition? He was 88kg when he hit those training lifts. I know I say “only” when 173 is a solid lift but I guess I was expecting more from him. Any thoughts about the discrepancy between his training lifts and platform lifts? It seems like his discrepancy is large than some other lifters…
He says it’s due to his small fingers (grip issue). Straps are very beneficial to him. Plus, there is always a difference between a block/hang snatch and a snatch from the floor. A 17 kg loss is not that bad considering the circumstances. My personal opinion is that he was in a better shape overall when he did those lifts.
Good points. Interesting, though. that you would not consider 17kg loss not that bad. Ilya was 103? before London and snatched 192.5 and then dropped to 94 and hit 185 snatch on the platform. So he dropped 9kg in BW and only lost 7.5kg on his snatch. Granted the 192.5 was strapless and Artem hit his lifts from the hang and with straps. But even so I find it interesting he dropped only 3kg in BW and lost 17kg. I would think he could at least hit 180 from the floor if he was doing doubles from the hang with it. Thanks for the response. Hopefully he just keeps getting stronger. It would be amazing to see someone break rybakou’s record but something tells me that may not happen for a long long time.
Ilya snatched 196 off the floor and 200 off blocks before London.
Thanks for reminding me. Forgot about that 200 video that Gregor posted not too long ago. Just watched the 196, had not seen it before. Great stuff. I guess comparatively not that big of a difference then. Still though, Ilya dropped a considerably larger amount of BW compared to Artem. Interesting to think about.
As you can see it wasn’t about the weight loss. If he has small hands that effects the snatch seriously. You should be comparing his training lifts without straps – which I haven’t seen yet – to the competition lifts. Straps are tricky things and can deceive even the athlete himself.
Is there a reason why Artem has a Nike Sticker/Emblem over his apparent Adidas singlet?
Nike is the Russian Team sponsor
Ah i see, any insight to why Nike doesn’t provide singlets for these guys?
They do, other athletes wear them.
Also on that topic, I think Maligov scratched up his 2008 adidas shoes to become neutral.
Just can’t wait to see Chingiz lifting again!
I hope he wins in your homeland Grozny, for pride of your family and friends!
Huge difference in style between Sabanchiev and Polovnikov but both are lifting big
241 on clean&jerk? thats crazy
Well he had/has the C&J Russian and World records @ 240/238. He’s just not consistently huge.
Speaking of Russian records, I collected them (from PDFs & Shatoy) over into the English WP:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_records_in_Olympic_weightlifting
Some gaps for the early comps, if anyone (native) can fill in blanks or make corrections: appreciated.
Nice!
Also, I can’t believe there is no wiki article on Chingiz yet…
Can someone please translate any of the interesting/all of the Apti interview/commentary? Pleeeaassee.
In the 105+ video.
Dude, Polovnikov is scary. I thought he was gonna eat the barbell after missing the clean … who wants to meet him in a back alley at nighttime? 😀
Loving his aggressive approach though!
I’ve wondered this before, but does anyone know why Vlad Lukanin can still compete? He was suspended twice already internationally, in 2003 and 2011. Or does he only (intentionally) lift domestically? But why then does the IWF list his second ban as expired? Weird.