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Tian Tao 231kg Clean & Jerk World Record

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Meanwhile at the Tokyo Test Event … Tian Tao makes the 231kg clean and jerk world record (after missing 220!)! View this post on Instagram NEW World Record! 231kg / 509lbs Clean and Jerk by @tiantao96kg 🇨🇳! Thanks to @jhtubevideos for the clip! A post shared by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Jul 7, 2019 […]

Shi Zhiyong 163kg Snatch + 197kg Clean & Jerk Unofficial World Record Total

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Meanwhile in China … This performance deserved its own post. 24 year old Olympic champion, Shi Zhiyong (69kg) snatching 163kg and clean & jerking 197kg! This is an unofficial world record total of 360kg, beating Liao Hui’s 359kg total from 2014 worlds. 69kg Shi Zhiyong 163kg Snatch + 197kg Squat Jerk

Lasha Talakhadze 220kg Snatch World Record

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While I am working on his 0-220kg warm up video, here is Lasha Talakhadze’s 220kg snatch world record from the 2017 world championships. A 3kg improvement over his previous record from Europeans 2017. Update: Here is the 0-220kg Warm Up Video. More Lasha: Lasha’s 217kg Snatch World Record from Europeans 2017 Lasha’s 0-217kg Snatch Warm […]

Kuo Hsing-Chun 142kg Clean and Jerk World Record at 58kg

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Meanwhile in Taipei at the 2017 Universiade … Kuo Hsing-Chun (58kg, Taiwan) clean and jerks 142kg for a new world record! More: Watch Kuo in Training before Worlds 2015. A post shared by All Things Gym (@atginsta) on Aug 21, 2017 at 6:06am PDT Slow Motion @kuo_hsing_chun (58kg, @hkgrptaipei) clean and jerking a senior World […]

Lasha Talakhadze 217kg Snatch World Record 2017 European Weightlifting Championships

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Europeans 2017 finished with a bang! 23 year old Lasha Talakhadze (158.1kg, Georgia) set a new all time snatch world record of 217kg! He went 203, 210, 217kg to surpass Behdad Salimi’s 216kg record set at the 2016 Olympic games. Update: Here is Lasha’s last heavy training session before competing. 217kg Snatch World Record Video […]