Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Russia... Ksenia Maksimowa(63kg) posted this easy 140kg clean. In competition she managed to get a massive 113kg Snatch and 137kg Clean and Jerk but unfortunately missed her attempt at a 142kg but considering how easy this lift was … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... 20 year old Timur Naniev (105kg) snatched 195kg without straps! At the 2015 Russian championships he snatched 187 at only 102.35kg. This 195kg is probably from his preparation for this competition. #Snatch 195 … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the Russian National Championships... It's worth noting that after the weight classes were established, he took the first Youth Snatch Record in the 94kg from Aramnau by 1kg with 172kg, then broke it again at the 2011 European … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the Russian National Championships... David Bedzhanyan(105kg) tied Ilya Ilyin's 242kg World Record Clean and Jerk, breaking the Russian Record for the 105kg Clean and Jerk in the process. This is the first time we've seen him on … [Continue reading]
Today was the final day in Almaty at the IPC Asian Open Championships where a huge amount of World Records plus many Asian and Junior Records were broken. The highlight of the competition was Siamand Rahman's (IRI, +M107kg) massive 295kg Bench … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China... Liang Chenxi (69kg) did some big lifts in training. He was 5th at the 2013 worlds with 145+183. Here he lifts over both 69kg world records in training (166kg and 198kg) with 167kg and 200kg! (note: the caption of the … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt... Mohamed Ehab gets a 5kg PB on his squat with 245kg. Make sure to check out his instagram and facebook for some barbell wizardry. P . R Back squat 245kg Posted by Mohamed Ehab Olympic Lifter on Monday, 27 July 2015 … [Continue reading]
Here is Kwon Chang Il (69kg, North Korea) in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall (07.11.2014). At the end you can see the unique NK pulling style again. 120kg with Slow Motion … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan ... Dmitry Klokov is currently at the World Championships and having a look. While he is there he figures he can get some training lifts in, who wouldn't want to train amongst other world champions? His Bodyweight is … [Continue reading]