Best of Olympic Weightlifting
The Men's 105kg (B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. No Klokov and no Akkaev (see the official entry weights below). BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on … [Continue reading]
The Men's 105kg B Group (A Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Join the Live Chat for the other sessions, at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Jorge David Arroyo … [Continue reading]
Thanks to an ATG reader we get this video of Behdad Salimi squatting 325kg in the London 2012 training hall. It was taken on Thursday last week, and what most impressed me was that the entire training hall stood still and watched him. Basically, … [Continue reading]
Update: Here is a video of a 325kg squat by Behdad Salimi. Behdad Salimmi is doing a squat with 250kg And Hossein Rezazadeh is greasing his shoulders. Thanks to everyone who submitted these. … [Continue reading]
Update: It's official. No Akkaev in the 105kg. This just in. Khadzhimurat Akkaev wants to lift in London despit the doctors telling him not to. Russia's weighlifting gold medal favorite Khadzhimurat Akkaev is ready to risk his health to take … [Continue reading]
The Women's +75kg of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube Join the Live Chat for the other sessions … [Continue reading]
Update: So apparently he wants to lift! Khadzhimurat Akkaev comments on his current situation and future plans after missing out on London 2012. Update: Read Akkaev's 2014 Interview on ATG. Google translated interview is still rough. Please … [Continue reading]
After Artem Ivanov dropping out due to injury here comes more bad news from the Ukrainian team. Svitlana Cherniavska (+75 kg) and failed to recover after an injury she suffered a month before the Olympics. Artem Udachyn (+105 kg) suffered a knee … [Continue reading]
The Men's 94kg (see B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Stream: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube We had a Live Chat for each session … [Continue reading]