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Ilya Ilyin Pre 2008 Olympics Interview

December 29, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Here is a short interview with Ilya Ilyin – 2011 94 kg World Champion, as well as 2008 Olympic Gold medalist. The interview was recorded pre – Beijing 2008.

Q: What does a typical day’s training consist of, for the Olympic training?

A: On a typical day I lift 64 tons, the weight of a train! And building up to the Olympics I’ll be lifting even more.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have 3 training sessions. And on Tuesday, Thursday and saturday I have 2 training sessions. My only day off is Sunday.

His lifts from Beijing 2008:

And from the 2011 WWC

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