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Daniyar Ismayilov Training Session 2016 European Weightlifting Championships

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Here is a training session with Daniyar Ismayilov which he did a couple of days before competing at Europeans in Norway. He worked up to easy 130kg snatches and 150kg clean and jerk. He went on to Snatch 155kg in competition. Watch it here. More: Watch his 160kg Snatch Session before the 2015 Worlds. Daniyar Snatching 163kg […]

Gor Minasyan 210kg Snatch 2016 Olympic Games

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Another highlight from the amazing +10kg Snatch session in Rio … 21 year old Gor Minasyan (Armenia) going 200, 207, 210kg! 210kg Snatch Video Gor Minasyan (105kg+, @hookgriparm) snatching 210kg/463lb to set a competition PR! What do you think, power or nah? A video posted by hookgrip (@hookgrip) on Sep 21, 2016 at 7:33pm PDT

Behdad Salimi 216kg Snatch World Record 2016 Olympic Games

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What a Snatch session?! We saw history with first Lasha Talakhsadze snatching 215kg and the Behdad Salimi taking back the snatch world record with 216kg! This ties Antonio Krastev’s 216kg record. Update: Behdad Snatched 220kg during his prep for Rio. Update: Iranians are spamming @atginsta and the IWF instagram hard. Literally every post. Even multiple death threats against […]

Alexandr Zaichikov 193kg Snatch 2016 Olympic Games

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Meanwhile in Rio … Alexandr Zaichikov won Bronze in the 105kg! 3/3 in the Snatch with 185, 190, 193kg for a new PR. More: Watch his Houston Worlds Training Session. 193kg Snatch Video 2015 World Champion @sasha_iwf92 (-105kg, @hkgrpkazakhstan) snatching 193kg/425lb, just 1kg under the best -105kg snatch at the Olympics this year! This is also […]

Ruslan Nurudinov 194kg Snatch + 237kg Clean and Jerk 2016 Olympic Games

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Meanwhile in Rio … Ruslan Nurudinov wins Gold snatching 194kg and clean and jerking 237kg! Simon Martirosyan Silver!! Alexandr Zaichikov Bronze! @rnurudinov (-105kg, @hkgrpuzbekistan) clean and jerking 237kg/522.5lb — just 2kg under his int'l competition PR and then World Record of 239kg! He also posted a total of 431kg, just 1kg under his PR 432kg […]