Andrei Aramnau Interview Pre London 2012

Here is an interview (in Russian) with Andrei Aramnau.

A YouTuber summed up the main points (let me know if you find something that is missing):

• Very, very unhappy with his current coach and with the state of the Belorussian weightlifting team
• He considers that he needs physiological/medical help with his training and overall health because he feels like his body is aging
• Wants to beat Zakharevich’s records of 210 Snatch 250,5 C&J and 255 Total, but at 105 kg bw
• Got banned for 2 years for drunk driving so he sold his car and has people drive him around Is a nationalist, wants to have many kids
• Judging from this video, he appears very ambitious and he *should* be competing in the Olympics this year (despite his ‘average’ lifts at the 2012 Belorussian cup, which I believe were 180+220). Says he wants to defend his Olympic champion title
• Says that if he wasn’t cocky/full of himself he wouldnt have become an Olympic champion at age 20
• More general unhappiness towards his coach, who mocks him for failing lifts and isn’t supportive
• Trains w/ weights that can get him top 3 in WWC

Thanks to Urban for submitting this.