Here are some nice recordings of Ilya’s lifts as seen from the audience (by @EamonnFlanagan).
Love the atmosphere. People will talk about these lifts for decades.
Scenes from the streets of Kazakhstan
And another one from the training hall.
165kg Snatch. This would lend itself to some Kinova bar path action.
Update: gif with bar path, slower gif
Update: 160kg Snatch with Bar Path Slow Motion
supbro says
August 13, 2012 at 13:45Ilya! Champion! Ilya! Champion! Ilya! CHAMPION! (what people greeting him at the airport chanted post Paris 2011)
GuyIncognito says
August 13, 2012 at 18:17Why was his coach so restrained this time? I was hoping he’d rush to the platform and jump on him like he did in Beijing.
supbro says
August 14, 2012 at 09:57Tension between Ilya and the Kazakh weightlifting coaches after he caught “Olympic Champion’s disease” post-Beijing.
elknax says
December 2, 2012 at 22:38No. That’s why he changed coaches to his present one. His current coach is a friend and took him on after beijing.
Jon Frough says
August 13, 2012 at 19:41Such a beast. Can’t wait to see how he grows at a higher weight!
GIO says
August 13, 2012 at 20:06Epic just epic. Great audience
flahexer says
September 29, 2014 at 12:45Wait, so you’re saiyng in Kazachstan people watch the weightlifting competition at Olympia on the streets and cheer for their athletes? Wow, I’m living in the wrong country … 😀