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Official London 2012 Game Weightlifting Game Play

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Bwahaha, check out the game play of the official London 2012 Weightlifting video game. Especially the flawless 2nd attempt. Thanks for sharing Lester. Update: Interesting side note: Damon Kelly did the weights dropping on the platform sounds in his gym. And the platform is the one Leonid Taranenko lifted the 266kg Clean & Jerk on.

Robert Harting 2012 European Discus Throw Champion

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Just wanted to highlight the achievement of my fellow Berliner, discus thrower Robert Harting. The two-time reigning discus world champion took first place yesterday in Helsinki at the European Championships. 68.30 meters (224 feet, 1 inch) in rainy conditions. I don’t know much about about discus throwing, but do know I know that these guys […]

Polish Weightlifting Team for London

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Thanks to reader Markus for submitting this news. Tomasz Zielinski won the XVII Memoriał Waldemara Malaka Competition in Gdansk/Poland last weekend (results PDF). He did 171kg/215kg with BW 95,9kg and got the last ticket for London (video below). Polish Olympic Weightlifting Team: 77kg: Krzysztof Zwarycz 85kg: Adrian Zielinski, Krystian Sroka 94kg: Tomasz Zielinski 105kg: Bartlomiej Bonk, Marcin Dolega […]

Hysen Pulaku 150kg Clean + Overhead Squat

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Finally a new Hysen Pulaku clip! Watch this super smooth combination. 150kg Clean + Overhead Squat. Thruster 2.0? Hysen lifting the equivalent of an NFL offensive lineman, like Holly Mangold’s brother, Nick, of the NY Jets, over his head and then squatting. How many NFL players could do this? Zero. (via) Oh, and while we’re talking […]

Jani Illikainen 305kg Front Squat

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After posting Miika Antti-Roiko’s Front Squat video reader Nortah commented: You want to see finnish front squat power? Yes I do! And I thought you would too. Here is Jani Illikainen, Finland’ Strongest Man 4 time winner in the 2000s. with a 305kg Front Squat. 270kg x3