Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Azerbaijan ... Boyanka Kostova (58kg) is uploading some of her big training lifts. Front Squats 200kg! (We saw her Front squat 180kg here and 190kg here before.) 210kg Back Squat Double! 118kg Snatch 145kg … [Continue reading]
Another highlight from the amazing +10kg Snatch session in Rio ... 21 year old Gor Minasyan (Armenia) going 200, 207, 210kg! 210kg Snatch Video Gor Minasyan (105kg+, @hookgriparm) snatching 210kg/463lb to set a competition PR! What do … [Continue reading]
What a Snatch session?! We saw history with first Lasha Talakhsadze snatching 215kg and the Behdad Salimi taking back the snatch world record with 216kg! This ties Antonio Krastev's 216kg record. Update: Behdad Snatched 220kg during his prep … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Rio ... 19 year old Simon Martirosyan had a great day winning Silver and setting PRs all around. More: Simon training at Europeans. 190kg Snatch Video 227kg Clean & Jerk Video … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Rio ... Alexandr Zaichikov won Bronze in the 105kg! 3/3 in the Snatch with 185, 190, 193kg for a new PR. More: Watch his Houston Worlds Training Session. 193kg Snatch Video 2015 World Champion @sasha_iwf92 (-105kg, … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Rio ... Ruslan Nurudinov wins Gold snatching 194kg and clean and jerking 237kg! Simon Martirosyan Silver!! Alexandr Zaichikov Bronze! @rnurudinov (-105kg, @hkgrpuzbekistan) clean and jerking 237kg/522.5lb -- just 2kg under … [Continue reading]
Here is a great performance from the +75kg Session in Rio ... Kim Kuk Hyang (North Korea) going 6/6, making Meng Suping's life a little harder. 131kg Snatch Video 175kg Clean & Jerk Video … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Uzbekistan ... Ruslan Nurudinov (105kg) snatched 200kg and clean & jerked 240kg in training. These are not maxes from what I have heard. Update: Ruslan on Gold in Rio. More: Sohrab Moradi lift the same numbers. … [Continue reading]
Thanks Tian Tao for giving us all heart attacks last night! He started out missing his first two snatches at 173 and 178, only to make his 3rd attempt at 178. Same in the clean & jerks. Missed his first two attempts at 210. Then posted … [Continue reading]