Here is Part 2 of the Bundesliga Weekend with Rebeka Koha & Ritvars Suharevs. After the Friday evening session in Part 1 here, this video picks up the next day at 8:00 AM for a light pre-breakfast morning session. Don’t forget that later that day they were set to compete! So this was just a light session to […]
Rebeka Koha & Ritvars Suharevs Bundesliga Weekend Part 1 – First Training Session after Arrival
As outlined before, here is Rebeka Koha’s & Ritvars Suharevs training session after arriving at the training center in Chemnitz. This is part 1 of a little Bundesliga weekend mini series with guest appearances by Max Lang & Josef Hesse. Updates: Here is Part 2! The 8 AM Pre- Breakfast Session. Here is Part3! All […]
Recap: 2nd Bundesliga Competition Weekend for Rebeka Koha and Ritvars Suharevs
Here is a little recap of last weekend’s Bundesliga competition with Rebeka Koha and Ritvars Suharevs (see the first one here). It started on Friday (03.02.2017) when the Latvians started their day with a 2 hour drive from Ventspils, where they’re based, to Riga Airport. One hour and forty minutes later they landed in Berlin where I picked them up […]
Ritvars Suharevs 185kg Clean & Jerk PR Bundesliga Weightlifting
Another Bundesliga weightlifting event in the books! Before I go into details about it, here is just one highlight from last weekend: 18 year old Ritvars Suharev (weighing in at 80kg this weekend) clean and jerking a new personal record of 185kg! The coach made attempt selection changes which seem to better suit the round […]
Rebeka Koha & Ritvars Suharevs First German Bundesliga Competition *Suharevs Clean & Jerks*
Meanwhile in Germany … Yesterday I drove down to Plauen to meet Rebeka Koha and Ritvars Suharevs for their first German bundesliga weightlifting competition. If you have never met them, let me tell you they are both very friendly and easy to talk to, which makes filming them super easy. Same goes for their coach Eduards Andruskevics. […]
Ritvars Suharevs 154kg Snatch 2016 Youth Worlds
Meanwhile at Youth Worlds 2016 … 17 year old Ritvars Suharevs (78kg, Latvia) snatched a PR of 154kg, which was also the highest lift in the 85kg category. Unfortunately clean and jerks didn’t go as planned today. He went x176, x176, x178. More: His 180kg Clean & Jerk at Junior Worlds 2016 Ritvars training before Europeans 2016
2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships – *Yeison Lopez 160kg, 191kg Youth World Record*
This is the resource page for the 2016 Youth Worlds. I will be keeping it updated with training hall videos, so keep an eye out for those. Where: Penang, Malaysia When: 20-25th October Useful Links Start List, Results Highlights Recordings News Next Sessions Tuesday 25th 10:00 – M94kg A 12:30 – W+69kg A 15:00 – […]
Ritvars Suharevs 153kg Snatch 2016 European Youth Championships
17 year old Ritvars Suharevs (77kg, Latvia) Snatches 153kg (PR!) and becomes 2016 European Youth Champion! Watch till the end and you see all his attempts (140, 147, and 153) side by side. More: Ritvars snatching 150kg at the 2016 Senior Europeans Ritvars Clean & Jerking 180kg at the 2016 Junior Worlds Ritvars Training before […]
Ritvars Suharevs 180kg Clean & Jerk 2016 Junior Worlds
Here is 17 year old Ritvars Suharevs (77kg, Latvia) going 3/3 in the Clean & Jerking at Junior Worlds. 172, 177 and 180kg! More: Watch him snatch 150kg at Senior Europeans 2016.