So it is official now. Chigishev is not going to the Olympics.
The last male ticket to the London Olympics was awarded to Apti Aukhadov.
In their last training meet on July 6th he lifted 175 / 215 kg. Kireev lifted up 175 / 205 kg, Chen 155 / 182 kg.
So the men’s team looks like this:
85kg: Apti Aukhadov
94kg: Alexandr Ivanov and Andrey Demanov
105kg: Khadzhimurat Akkaev and Dmitry Klokov
+105kg: Ruslan Albegov
No changes in the female squad.
63kg: Svetlana Tsarukayeva
69kg: Oksana Slivenko
75kg: Nadezda Evstyukhina
+75kg: Tatiana Kashirina
sad to see chigishev go.. he was such a fighter.. memories of the WC 2005 211 kg snatch keep coming back.
Man that sucks but injuries will happen to the best eventually, he had an amazing run I think he should have won in 08 yet his coaches did not expect steiner to pr like he did. Russia has a really strong team this year though, will be interesting to see how they do.
Is this Russia’s limit for lifters? Why only 1 lifter in the 85Kg and +105kg categories? Nevertheless they are fielding a very solid team. I can’t wait for London.
yes, for the olympics, a full team for men is 6 and full team for women is 4
Russia “could” win all 4 weight classes men are entered in. But my guess: Akkayev at 105 (though I’d love to see Klokov win) and Albegov in the +105 will be there two golds.
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