Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Germany ... I am currently staying at Max Lang's place for another Bundesliga competition this weekend. This one is the qualifier meet for Europeans. Yesterday after arriving at the training center I filmed a couple of snatch Pulls … [Continue reading]
Here are all the Bundesliga clips I filmed during Max Lang's First Competition of 2017. Featuring: Max Lang, Josef Hesse, Kurt Perthel, Lukasz Grela, Mark Eckardt, Markus Fuchs, Josefine Stoye, Kathleen Schöppe and a lot of face slaps! … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Armenia ... 20 year old Olympic silver medalist Simon Martirosyan (105kg) is in good shape for Europeans. 230 and 235kg Clean & Jerk! More: His 190kg snatch + 227kg clean & Jerk in Rio. (Click on the little right arrow on the … [Continue reading]
From the 2016 Asian Championships Training Hall … Kuo Hsing-Chun (58kg, Taiwan) with some snatch pulls. More: Kuo Squatting. … [Continue reading]
Here is the full video of Max Lang's First Bundesliga Competition of 2017. He went 6/6 and as you saw earlier, he snatched 145kg in the process. To give his banged up shoulder a little bit more rest he opted to power jerk all his … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... According to ChiNADA 2011 world champion, 2013 national games champion, Tian Yuan tested positive for Trimetazidine. Trimetazidine is an anti-ischemic (anti-anginal) metabolic agent, which improves myocardial glucose … [Continue reading]
Data lord _erpel on reddit took a look at World Championships medal data from 1891-2015. (Bars show gold, silver and bronze medals for each country) https://i.imgur.com/wX8aAlU.png Here are World Championships medals broken down by … [Continue reading]
Here is the next Ironmind classic for your viewing pleasure. "Challenge in China" from the 1995 World Weightlifting Championships. Part 1 features: Stefan Botev’s final week of training before competing, Naim Suleymanoglu, Pablo Lara, Yoto … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Latvia ... Today Ritvars Suharevs and Rebeka Koha competed at Latvian national championships. Ritvars set all new PRs with a 155kg snatch and 186kg clean & jerk! (see his previews 185kg PR here) Update with Rebeka's lifts … [Continue reading]