Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Russia ... at the 2014 Russian National Weightlifting Championships. Chingiz Mogushkov outdid himself. First Alexey Lovchev set a new Russian Record with a 212kg Snatch. Then Chingiz countered with 213kg. His lifts: Snatch: … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... at the 2014 Russian Weightlifting Championships. In the Snatch, Aleksey Lovchev had a great battle with Chingiz Mogushkov. His Lifts: Snatch: 200, 206, 212kg (Russian Record that stood for 2 minutes until Chingiz's … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia .. at the 2014 Russian National Championships. I was making jokes about this before the competition started, so it's even more awesome to see it become reality. David Bedzhanyan Clean & Jerked 241kg at 105kg. He went … [Continue reading]
More Interviews from the Series: David Bedzhanyan Interview Adam Maligov Interview Alexey Lovchev Interview Vailiy Polovnikov Interview Khadzhimurat Akkaev Interview Oleg Chen Interview Here is the next interview in our series of … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... at the 2014 Russian National Championships. Adam Maligov set new had a great battle with Rina Kireev in the 94kg. Weighing in at only 92.8kg Adam was the lighter of the two and could watch what Rinat was doing. Adam … [Continue reading]
Those were the 2014 Russian Weightlifting National Championships in Grozny. What a great competition. I hope you enjoyed ATG's coverage of the event (I had a blast :) ). Below are the highlights and video recordings. News Here are the … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympics. 17 year old Simon Martirosyan from Armenia wins the +85kg session with a Youth World Record. It started off with a bad decision in the Snatch. Simon opened with 170 (already 20kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Yesterday you read her interview, today you see Tima Turieva perform. In the 69kg weight class at the 2014 Russian Championships she went 6/6 with: Snatch: 106, 111, 115kg Clean & Jerk: 135kg, 144, … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan Okay, we are officially entering crazy territory. After his 241kg Clean & Jerk from "Big Friday", Ilya Ilyin Snatches 205kg off Blocks! 5kg more than his pre-London 2012 PR of 200kg. Follow his Progress with … [Continue reading]