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IWF Announces New Bodyweight Category for Women and Gets Rid of Bodyweight Rule

September 25, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Quick update from the IWF (via). As was discussed on the latest Two Doctors Episode, here are the new bodyweight categories for women. Update: Here is the official 2017 IWF Rule Book 90kg and +90kg. What happens to existing World Records? Technical Rule modification accepted by the IWF EB: the new women bodyweight category is […]

Chen Lijun 150kg Snatch + All Attempts 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

September 24, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here are all three snatch attempts by Chen Lijun (62kg) at the 2015 Worlds. First the gold medal winning 150kg in partial slowmo, then the 145, 150 and 152 miss, followed by side by side comparisons and more slow motions. More: his 183kg Clean & Jerk World Record.

Ou Lingli 135kg Front Squat Doubles, Clean Pulls + 175kg Jerk Dips +

September 23, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is 18 year old Ou Lingli (58kg, China) in the 2016 Junior Worlds training hall. Update 23.09.2016: Here she is with some heavy Clean Pulls. Update: Full Chinese Team Session from that Day here. That was the first day we filmed there and I think it also was the first session of the Chinese […]

Lasha Talakhadze & Irakli Turmanidze Block Snatch Session

September 22, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is another training session with Lasha Talakhadze before he became Olympic champion. He and Irakli Turmanidze work up to 170/180kg snatches off blocks and finish the session with some squats. More Lasha Training Sessions: Lasha’s 200kg Snatch Session Lasha’s 170kg No Hookgrip Snatch Session

Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan Clean & Jerks, Clean Pulls, Squats 2016 Junior Worlds Training Hall

September 21, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is another training session with Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan at Junior Worlds. Watch Part 1 (Snatching) and Part 2 here. This was filmed on 26.06.2016 and did (Power) Clean & Jerks, Clean Pulls and Back Squats.

Thunya Sukchareon 86kg Snatch 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships

September 20, 2016 By Gregor Winter

From the 2016 Junior Worlds … Here is 19 year old Thunya Sukchareon (48kg, Thailand) snatching 86kg, which beat Huihua on bodyweight. Thailand really has a lot of strong young lifters coming up.

Behdad Salimi 220kg Snatch

September 20, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran … Behdad Salimi snatched 220kg! Assuming this is from his Rio 2016 preparation. More: Behdad Power Cleaning 232kg (ATG Record) Aleksey Lovchev Snatching 220kg off Blocks عذر خواهي ميكنم ازينكه اين فيلمو بدون تيشرت گذاشتم چون تابستون و تمرين واقعا گرم بود اما دوست داشتم اين فيلم ٢٢٠ كيلوگرم وببينين ?❤️ A […]

The Two Doctors Podcast with Moira Lassen and Sam Coffa

September 20, 2016 By Gregor Winter

The Two Doctors had IWF Executive Board members Moira Lassen and Sam Coffa on Topics: introduction of Moira and Sam potential rule changes, video reviews the new weightclass for women the possible resetting of world records after all the doping positives doping in weightlifting Support them on Patreon. https://the2doctors.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/2drse19.mp3

94kg Warm Up Area 2015 Worlds

September 19, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here are clips from the warm up area at the 2015 Worlds 94kg A session. Featuring: Zhassulan Kydyrbaev, Almas Uteshov, Adrian Zielinski, Tomasz Zielinski, Vadzim Straltsou, Dmytro Chumak, Ali Hashemi, Liu Hao, Aurimas Didzbalis, Aleksei Kosov. Adrian Snatching up to 160kg plus a bunch of 195kg and 200kg Clean & Jerks. More: 77kg Warm Up Area with Lu Xiaojun 85kg Warm Up Area 63kg Warm Up […]