Meanwhile in Russia …
It’s amazing seeing this kid progress.
Still 16 year old Khetag Khugaev (85kg) gets a 200kg Clean & Jerk 2 weeks before his session at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.
His Highlights on ATG:
- in 2011 at 56kg he did 80+100
- then 174kg Clean at age 14
- 150kg Snatch at 15 (and 81.3kg) and 2013 European U17 Champion …
- 164kg Snatch 196kg C&J at 85kg 16 y/o from March, winning the Russian U17
Update: YouTube Mirror
That’s some of the fastest speed under the bar I’ve ever seen
Well I wish I could add allmost 200kg to my total in 3 years. WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY FEEDING TO THESE GUYS? sry for caps but really I’am really amazed by the progress.
Growth spurt + Training almost all the day + Russian Coaching + PEDs.
there are plenty of teenagers in russia (china, eastern europe,etc..) with that formula but we don’t see many C&J’ing 200kg at 85kg,16y/o. So i think in this case the main factor, is a FREAKING AWESOME talent for the sport.
Basically Khetag, is a rare case. At this point, he’s like a Kolecki, or an Ilyin.
He’s got a really impressive beard for a 16 year old.
that’s why deadlifts are a very poor exercise for weightlifters, speed under the bar is everything in this sport
if you dont come under the bar fast enough, its not the right exercise to improve it. if your back is too weak to keep tension or your pulls are poor, its a good one.
you shouldnt generalise it..
btw.: outstanding talent. besides this, he does not seem to be this guy who looses his half total on competition platforms (196kg at junior worlds..), due to nervousness, weight loss and cleaning up.
Aukhadov, Maligov, Okulov and now Khugaev, the Russian team sure looks stacked of world-class 85 kg lifters. I wonder who will lift at the worlds this year and if Aukhadov and maybe one more will move up to 94 kg.
Who is there to challenge them besides Markov and maybe Rostami, the Iranian?
Rostami is tough….isn’t there a Moldavian that’s really good too?
I don’t know really. Looking at the results from last year’s worlds there were Zielinski and Rybakov together with a Cuban lifter outside the top three, but pretty close in total. Zielinski seems to be moving up to 94 kg, don’t know if Rybakov is still competing.
forgot about Rybakov…he’s one of the greatest and of course there’s the chinese lifter that won the Olympics too. 77kg, 85kg and 94kg are stacked always it seems. I think I was thinking about the 94kg lifter that was 2nd under Illin actually.