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2012 Chinese Weightlifting Nationals

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Here are videos of the 2012 Chinese Weightlifting Nationals. Jump to Results Below. +105kg Winners 105kg Snatch: Clean & Jerk: 94kg Snatch: Clean & Jerk: 85kg Snatch: Clean & Jerk: 77kg with Lu Haojie’s 175 kg Snatch World Record Snatch: Clean & Jerk: with 17 year old Tian Tao attempting 211kg for a Clean & Jerk World Record […]

Lu Haojie 175 kg Snatch @77kg

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Meanwhile at the Chinese National Games … Lu Haojie set an unofficial 77kg snatch world record. 175 kg Snatch (200 kg C&J), 1kg more than Lu Xiaojun’s old record. Video: And just to spread some rumors: China might make some of these young 77’s move up to 85s…(since they have a plethora of 77s but not enough 85s)

Performance Enhancing Chinese Meat

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Chinese athletes are facing a real problem as the London 2012 Olympics approach. Vast amounts of meat are contaminated with clenbuterol. So all Chinese Olympians are banned from eating meat. “Now the only place that we could eat safely turns out to be our cafeteria.” Lu Yong, Beijing Olympics men’s 85kg weightlifting champion tweeted on […]

Lu Xiaojun’s Back MILO 19.4 Cover

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Check out Lu Xiaojun’s back on the cover of MILO 19.4. Reminds me of that iconic IronMind poster “Backs are to lifters what biceps are to bodybuilders.” MILO 19.4 cover: Lu Xiaojun (China) bangs away on some snatch pulls in the training hall at the 2011 World Weightlifting Championships (Disneyland–Paris) a couple of days before winning […]