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Zulfiya Chinshanlo 132kg Clean & Jerk + Shu Ching Hsu Total World Record

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Meanwhile in Korea … at the 2014 Asian Games. The women’s 53kg was one of the tightest competitions in recent times. Here is what went down at the women’s 53kg session in chronological order. Here is the scoreboard for that session. Snatch First Zhang Wanqiong (China) “wins” the Snatch with 102kg (“wins” because there are only medals for […]

Naim Suleymanoglu vs. Valerios Leonidis Atlanta 1996

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Blast from the Past … Here is a recap of the epic battle between Naim Suleymanoglu & Valerios Leonidis at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Men’s 64kg. Features short interviews with both lifters, about how they experienced the competition. Update 17.09.2014: Better Video from the official Olympics Channel (who for some reason disabled embedding) Watch on YouTube.

Ara Khachatryan 205kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Armenia … After his stay in Russia, Karen Tovmasjan is currently training in his home country. Good for us because he uploads awesome clips, like this one of Ara Khachatryan. After winning the 2010 World’s 85kg Snatch session with 175kg, he suffered an elbow fracture (warning: don’t watch before lifting). In the video below you see him […]

Kianoush Rostami 172kg Sn + 212kg C&J & Rasoul Taghian 211kg C&J

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Meanwhile in Iran … Here are Kianoush Rostami’s & Rasoul Taghian’s lifts from the same competition Behdad did 215kg at. He Snatched 172 (x177) and Clean & Jerked 212kg. As you may have seen in the update to the last post, Kianoush and Rasoul were selected to represent Iran in the 85kg at the upcoming Asian […]

Almas Uteshov 230kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Another “Big Friday” and you know what that means, right? Team KAZ is going all out. Here is Almas Uteshov (94kg, Silver at 2013 Worlds with 175 + 222) from whom we don’t often get to see training footage, with a 230kg Clean & Jerk. Almas is on the team that […]

Ilya Ilyin 242kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Kilogram by Kilogram Ilya Ilyin inches towards world domination. Last week 241kg, now a 242 Clean & Jerk which is not only a comeback, but an all time PR for him. See his comeback progress with the Ilya Progress Tracker Spreadsheet. Update 12.09.2014: New Video from the Front