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Dmitry Klokov 245kg Jerk (2015)

February 3, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Belgium … Dmitry Klokov gets a 245kg Jerk. I think the last time we saw this weight from him was during his London Olympics preparation when he did the “Klokov Complex”. Remember those days, when training footage from him was so rare? Update: Here is Dmitry’s longer video.

Ji Jing 104kg Snatch at 53kg

February 3, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Previously in China … Ji Jing (53kg) snatched an unofficial Snatch World record at the 2012 Chinese Nationals. 104kg at 53kg (1kg above Li Ping’s 103kg) A video posted by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Feb 3, 2015 at 7:39am PST Thanks to wlift84 for the clip.

Vyacheslav Yarkin 150kg Snatch at 71kg Age 17

February 2, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … Well that didn’t take too long. After his 145kg Snatch two weeks ago, here is 17 Year old Vyacheslav Yarkin snatching 150kg at 71kg! Timeline: 145kg Snatch + 193kg Jerk at 17 140kg Snatch + 170kg Clean off Blocks at 16 115kg Snatch + 140kg C&J at 15, 63kg Update 07.02.2014: […]

Ruslan Albegov 245kg Clean + Front Squat + Jerk

February 2, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … With 245kg on the bar Ruslan Albegov takes the ATG Award for “Heaviest Clean + Front Squat + Jerk” from Chingiz Mogushkov. Your turn Behdad 🙂 Ein von @albegov_ruslan gepostetes Video am 31. Jan 2015 um 6:15 Uhr Thanks to Markus for sending this in.

Long De Cheng (56kg) 180 Bottom Up Overhead Squat

February 2, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Much like Lu Xiaojun’s Bottom Up Overhead Squats with 220kg here is Long De Cheng (56kg) with 180kg.

Tian Tao 220kg Clean & (Squat) Jerk

January 31, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Tian Tao (85kg) Clean & Jerks 220kg (2 blue + 2 yellow + 3 greens) More Tian Tao: Watch his 218kg Clean & Jerk Junior World Record here. 275kg Squat at Worlds. (Video also on Facebook and Instagram @atginsta)

2009 Chinese National Games W63kg – 4 Lifts Above World Records

January 30, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Previously at the 2009 Chinese National Games … Four lifts and two totals from the women’s 63kg were above World Records. Thanks to wlift84 for sending this in. Top three results, compared to then existing and current WRs: Guan Xinlei 118/147/265 Ouyang Xiaofang 122/143/265 Li Liying 121/136/257 WR in 2009: 116/142/257 WR in 2015: 117/145/261 […]

Tan Yayun Jerk Dips Almaty 2014 World Championships Training Hall

January 29, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Previously in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall … 48kg World Champion Tan Yayun (China) doing Jerk Dips two days out from competition. In the video you see her working up to 150kg. She was not the only Chinese athlete who did them in this particular style with slow and controlled reps first and then finishing off with […]

Li Fabin 134kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships

January 28, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is Li Fabim’s 134kg Snatch from the 2014 World Championships. This was good enough to earn the then 21 year old the 56kg silver medal. Gold (in the Snatch went to Thach from Vietnam). (Video also on Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) In the C&J it didn’t go as well for him as he only made […]