It’s time for one of the best weightlifting competitions of the year.
The 2018 Asian Games! See 2014 Asian Games here.
When: 20-27.08.2018
Useful Links
Next Sessions
Competition is over
Recordings
Update: Recordings were taken down.
- W48kg A
- W53kg A
- W58kg A
- W63kg A
- W69kg A
- W75kg A
- W75kg+ A
- M56kg A
- M62kg A
- M69kg A
- M77kg A
- M85kg A
- M94kg A
- M105kg A
- M+105kg A
Update: After winning gold Behdad Salimi announced his retirement from weightlifting competitions.
New World Record
Sohrab Moradi snatches 189kg, breaking Kakiasvilis’ record from 1999!
Update: Saeid Alihosseini snatched 210kg in training!
Update: 20 year old Muhammad Nooh Dastgir Butt with a 230kg Clean & Jerk in an ATG shirt!
Update: Uzbekistan’s Doston Yokubov (69kg) with some big lifts in training.
Update: Meso Hassona hits a Squat PR 290kg!
Uzbekistan’s Doston Yokubov with some big lifts in training.
Update: China will not compete! (via)
Update: Follow Deni @deni_lifter (69kg, Indonesia) for some behind the scenes looks into the training hall and competition setup.
Update: Man these photoshopped mugshots of team PRK 😀
But great to see Kim Myong Hyok is back!
Schedule
20 August
14:00 – 16:00 F 48A
17:00 – 19:00 M 56A
21 August
11:00 -13:00 M 62B
14:00 – 16:00 M 62A
17:00 – 19:00 F 53A
22 August
14:00 – 16:00 M 69B
17:00 – 19:00 M 69A
23 August
11:00 – 13:00 M 77B
14:00 – 16:00 M 77A
17:00 – 19:00 F 58A
24 August
11:00 – 13:00 M 85B
14:00 – 16:00 F 63A
17:00 – 19:00 M 85A
25 August
14:00 – 16:00 M 94A
17:00 – 19:00 F 69A
26 August
14:00 – 16:00 F 75A
17:00 – 19:00 M 105A
27 August
14:00 – 16:00 M +105A
17:00 – 19:00 M + 75A
wlift84 says
August 11, 2018 at 18:01My body is ready.
I cannot watch live this time, hopefully full/ish replays will be stored somewhere.
Svyatoslav ( Russia) says
August 17, 2018 at 02:52What China Team, they Participate in Asian Games-2018 Or No ???????? Their Ban was until October 2018 ( together with several other Teams)
wlift84 says
August 18, 2018 at 14:43China will NOT compete.
Hawkpeter says
August 20, 2018 at 04:43Interesting to note how close we are to worlds and where some of these better competitors lift in terms of weight classes.
grobpote says
August 20, 2018 at 21:51I’d love to see recordings but couldn’t find any on youtube. Anyone?
Gregor Winter says
August 20, 2018 at 22:06working on it
GHM says
August 21, 2018 at 16:30In the category of no one cares what you think:
We will miss great athletic performances once 56kg division is gone by next year. We will have 61 kg division nonsense (61 kg = 134.482 lb). At least have 58 kg or 60 kg but 61 is totally BS.
62 kg today had great results can be seen her.
https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/weightlifting/event/weightlifting-men-62kg/phase/wlm062100/
grobpote says
August 23, 2018 at 16:54I’m not sure I understand what you mean by 61 kg nonsense. 61 is a whole number and it doesn’t make any sense to convert it to pounds if the WL world actually uses kg-s to count. I think for us who use International System of Units, pound,inch and yard are … weird.
Wjia says
August 23, 2018 at 02:20I tried following the VPN instructions and the Toggle streams aren’t working – I’m getting the message “Sorry, due to rights agreement, we are unable to offer this content in your territory.”
I bought PIA for this and installed/configured as described – is it still working for you or anybody else? Any suggestions?
Gregor Winter says
August 24, 2018 at 09:13Yes still working for me (currently watching 63kg).
The recordings don’t seem to work though, only the live streams.
FJ says
August 24, 2018 at 12:39Thanks for the VPN tips, been able to watch the streams without a problem. These commentators are difficult to listen to though. They clearly know nothing about the sport.
GHM says
August 25, 2018 at 19:01Found this through Iranian TV feed. There is no translation or closed caption. I think he did 182 and then missed 189 and made in 3rd attempt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MAq-TZU_mU
This weight maybe considered as a new 96 kg initial record or standard. The linkage to old time weightlifting and weightlifters are going to be lost as soon as new categories are implemented.
GHM says
August 26, 2018 at 06:27Live Asian games NOW!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtm0Cxfbg7M
sud says
August 27, 2018 at 09:46thank you alot for this link
grobpote says
August 26, 2018 at 09:55Some lifters go way too heavy very close to the competition. For example my favourite young lifter Meso Hassona with that 290 squat. I don’t think it did much good for him…
Too much Insta and Youtube training videos take their toll. Very enjoyable to watch tho.
grobpote says
August 27, 2018 at 14:30Salimi has gone out respectably. 6/6 and 460 plus total. He pulled himself together for the last time,even his jerks were good. At least it looked like he retired. I think Alihosseini was told to fail his last attempt so not to spoil the last moments of a great lifter on the podium. If it was like that it was an honourable deed from Ali. Respect!
Kazakhs and Chinese were really missed here – I can’t wait for the world champs when everything will get back to normal.
GHM says
August 27, 2018 at 15:02Salimi 461 Kg according to https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/weightlifting/event/weightlifting-men-over105kg/
I think Iran Federation will beg Salimi to take part in 2018 world championship. This way Iran can score point and enter max number of lifters in Tokyo. Salimi is 28 now and will turn 29 in December. It seems he is not happy to finish 2nd or 3rd in world and Olympics.
Saeid Alihosseini is 30 years old already. I am not sure he will be at his best in Tokyo.
The most impressive seems to be the 3rd placer Uzbek RUSTAM DJANGABAEV born in 1993. This means he will be about 28 in Tokyo.
grobpote says
August 27, 2018 at 16:56Don’t forget that Alihosseini has been out of it for many years so he didn’t use himself up like the others. I think he might be able to do some damage in the future. But not to Lasha I am sure.
Jerker Karlsson says
August 29, 2018 at 19:51It is such a shame we never got to see Alihosseini in his prime after setting the junior world records. Who knows what he was capable of then.
Roberto says
August 30, 2018 at 15:15That’s right, Saeid Alihosseini shows excellent joint mobility, looks like he is 20 years old.
Soltan says
August 31, 2018 at 03:58just if he was not banned for years definitly he was able to break all 3 record before getting 22 years old on 2010.
grobpote says
August 31, 2018 at 10:27Recordings are gone – is it a copyright issue?