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2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men’s 62kg

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Here is the recording of the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men’s 62kg. Results: Gold Silver Bronze Snatch Bünyamin Sezer 142 kg Florin Ionuț Croitoru 131 kg Dimitris Minasidis 130 kg Clean & Jerk Stoyan Enev 160 kg Bünyamin Sezer 159 kg Dimitris Minasidis 158 kg Total Bünyamin Seze 301 kg Dimitris Minasidis 288 kg Stoyan Enev 282 kg   Snatch: Clean & Jerk: Check out […]

Sohrab Moradi 220 kg Clean & Jerk World Record

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Meanwhile in Iran… This just got posted by the Iranian weightlifting national team. Sohrab Moradi (85kg lifter) broke (unofficial?) the Clean & Jerk world record with 220kg (was 218kg by Zhang Yong, 1998). For a bit of background, Sohrab won the 1st Asian CUP-Interclub Weightlifting Championships (30 November 2011) with a 176 kg Snatch and […]

2012 European Weightlifting Championships Men’s 56kg

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That was quick. Here is a recording of the Men’s 56 kg at the 2012 European Weightlifting Championships. 18 year old former Bulgarian, Valentin Hristov, who is coached by Zlatan Vanev,  won and broke all three Junior European records. Results: Gold Silver Bronze Snatch Valentin Hristov 125 kg Gökhan Kılıç 121 kg Oleg Sîrghi 116 kg Clean & Jerk Valentin Hristov […]

2012 European Weightlifting Championships Live Stream Links & Schedule

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The 2012 European Weightlifting Championships (click here for all recordings) were being held April 6-16th in Antalya, Turkey. Here are a couple of links to Eurosport live streams. Let me know if you find more. Live Stream Options: Livetv.ru (multiple options, streams work well for me) FirstRowSports.eu Hahasport.com Other links: All Things Gym 2012 EWC Page Start List […]

Khadzhimurat Akkaev Profile

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Here is a little profile on Khadzhimurat Akkaev as he prepares for London 2012. Update 11.09.2014: Read Akkaev’s 2014 Interview on ATG. It’s in Russian. So if any of you Russian speaking readers (what’s up Brandon) wants to enlighten us about the secret training methods they talk about, please leave a comment. But they show […]

Michael Koklyaev’s Olympic Dream

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Probably remains a dream. Michael Koklyaev wants to lift in London, but it looks like it’s not going to happen. His greatest dream is an Olympic medal, but sports functionaries consistently ignored his candidacy for a seat in the national team. Does anybody know what’s up with that? Let’s have him start for the US.

Dmitry & Evgeny Conversation Contest

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After seeing the 205 kg snatch video I thought we could have a little caption contest. Instruction: Download the blank template below and create your own, like Evgeny did. Upload your awesome panel to imgur.com. Post a link in the comments. Download template: (right click + ‘save as’) JPEG image with blank bubbles, without layers Layered PSD let’s […]