Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Russia ... Vasiliy Polovnikov bests his old Squat PR. Last year he did 320kg for his heaviest single on video. Today he uploaded 320kg x2! Read his Interview on ATG. Update 05.05.2015: Vasiliy squats 320kg x3! Сегодня … [Continue reading]
This weekend it's time for the 2015 World's Strongest Man Finals in Malaysia. I'll update this post with Highlights along the weekend. Useful Links: Results Spreadsheet (credit & thanks to Craig Pfisterer who always puts these … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... Time for the 2015 Chinese Weightlifting Nationals (see 2014 here). As was pointed out in earlier check ins with the team, there won't be any any free passes this year. That means we will get to see the big names show up! … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... at the 2015 Chinese Weightlifting Nationals. Wu Jingbiao starts the week off with an unofficial Snatch World Record! 139kg at 56kg! He also attempted the Total WR. Full Recordings here. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Looks like every each federal district held a weightlifting competition last week. Here is Rinat Kireev (2014 Russian Championships Silver at 94kg) at what seems to be the "Volga Federal District" championship (Thanks … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... This weekend (18-19.04) there have been the Central Federal District championship and some big names showed up. Like Aleksey Lovchev (read his interview on ATG) who made some pretty big jumps on his attempts. He … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the 2015 European Championships ... 17 year old Khetag Khugaev made his debut in Senior competition at this years 2015 European Championships, winning 3 silver medals. He weighed in at 92.56kg, 2.51kg heavier than when we last saw him … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in America... Matt Sohmer (120kg+) just competed in the USAPL Collegiate Nationals. He finished with a 372.5kg squat, 130kg bench press, 327.5kg deadlift and a total of 830kg*. He only competed 2kg above the lower categories … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia … Dmitry Klokov has really set a pace with his “On Par/On Equal Terms” interview series. This time we get to see him interview his rival and team mate Khadzhimurat Akkaev. Dmitry already has the video with English subtitles for … [Continue reading]