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13 Year Old Khadzhimurat Akkaev

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Here is a 16 year old [thanks to Morgan for the correction] 13 years and 11 month old, Khadzhimurat Akkaev weighing in at a whopping 62kg. Snatch: 95 kg, Clean & Jerk: 120kg Thanks to Damon for sending this in. He saw this video posted by Robert Kabbas, 1984 Olympic Silver medalist, in the Phoenix Weightlifting Club group on Facebook (Y U […]

2005 World Weightlifting Championships

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Frank Rothwell uploaded the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships Men’s 105kg and +105kg. +105 kg Results Snatch Name B.weight 1 2 3 Result 1 Evgeny Chigishev 125.77 200 209 211 211 2 Hossein Rezazadeh 164.60 201 205 210 210 3 Jaber Saed Salem 125.30 195 201 203 201 4 Viktors Scerbatihs 139.55 195 201 205 201 Clean […]

Olympic Weightlifting Exercise Videos by Sean Waxman

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Everybody check out Sean Waxman’s YouTube Channel. He uploaded a couple of Olympic weightlifting exercise videos. Update: Thanks to Neil for pointing out that these videos are part of Sean Waxman’s new project, Weightlifting WOD. Snatch Press From the Squat (aka Sots Press) Pressing Snatch Balance Other Videos: Snatch Pull Snatch Pull From Blocks Above the […]

Andrei Chemerkin – Life After 40

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Andrei Chemerkin turned 40 earlier this year and he is looking ‘skinny(er)’. What’s he been up to you ask? See the video below. If you don’t speak Russian, read the translation here. The narrator then says that after retiring from the sport, Chemerkin enjoys an active vacation kind of life style, a lot of skiing […]

2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men’s +105kg

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And here are the recordings of the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men’s +105kg. Results: Gold Silver Bronze Snatch Irakli Turmanidze 195 kg Hayk Hakobyan 195 kg Peter Nagy 192 kg Clean & Jerk Ruslan Albegov 238 kg Jiri Orsag 235 kg Andrey Kozlov 235 kg Total Ruslan Albegov 429 kg Matthias Steiner 424 kg Irakli Turmanidze 423 kg Snatch: Clean & Jerk: