Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile at the 2016 Youth World Championships more lifting prodigies break their own world records... This time Yeison Lopez (77kg, Colombia) smashes his own 156kg youth snatch world record by 1kg on his second attempt, then breaks it again with … [Continue reading]
After you saw her hit 115/140 relatively easy in training, here is Song Huibing snatching 117kg on her way to become 2016 Youth World Champ. … [Continue reading]
While I'm editing a training hall video from youth worlds, here's one highlight from day one of filming. 17 year old Huang Shan (now 63kg Youth World Champion, China) squatting 155kg x2 and 165kg x1. In competition she lifted 94+117. … [Continue reading]
From the 2016 Youth Worlds ... Here is 17 year old Su Xiaohong (63kg) snatching 95kg! She went back and forth with her teammate Huang Shan who ended up snatching 94kg, which together with her 117kg clean and jerk secured gold overall. Su missed … [Continue reading]
After she snatched 98kg as a 15 year old at Junior Worlds, here is now 16 year old youth world champion Angie Dajomes snatching a PR of 101kg! She weighed in at only 66.17kg too. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at Youth Worlds 2016 ... 17 year old Ritvars Suharevs (78kg, Latvia) snatched a PR of 154kg, which was also the highest lift in the 85kg category. Unfortunately clean and jerks didn't go as planned today. He went x176, x176, … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at Youth Worlds ... 15 year old Wei Yunban (62kg, China) fighting hard to save his 156kg Clean & Jerk! This has to be one of the coolest jerk recovery fights in recent history. This lift won C&J gold. He got silver in the total … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the 2016 Youth World Championships... Clarence Cummings (69kg, USA) just broke his own youth world record in the clean and jerk by 2kg and tied his total world record. He also gained 3 new American records in the Clean and Jerk, … [Continue reading]
Now that the women's Chinese Fall Nationals have completed the men's division has started, they will be lifting from the 20-23rd October. Watch the Spring Nationals / Olympic qualifier here. 56kg: Li Fabin 130/151/281 Long Decheng … [Continue reading]