Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile at the Junior Worlds... New Junior World Weightlifting Champion Clarence Cummings (69kg, USA) just had a perfect session, lifting 6 out of 6, winning 2 Golds and taking home 2 new Youth World Records (plus 8 American Records). He … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran... Snatch world record holder Behdad Salimi (+105kg, Iran) does a fairly confident 220kg snatch balance. It looks like he's recovering well after his knee surgery, a few weeks ago he competed at the IWF Fajr Cup and won first … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Originally posted 16.04.2016. Update 27.06.2016: Smith sports produced this video of the weightlifting nationals. Mohamed Ehab snatched 160kg and 200kg at the 2016 Egyptian National Championships. Big thanks to … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the 2016 Junior Worlds ... 20 year old Witoon Mingman (Thailand) won the 56kg going 115/150. Here is his 150kg Clean & Jerk. … [Continue reading]
While a bit too old to compete at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 22 year old Lasha Talakhadze (+105kg, Georgia) popped into the training hall to complete a session in preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, here he snatched up … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships... Nathan Damron (85kg, USA) Back Squats 275kg at 88kg bodyweight. He's cut quite a bit of weight from 91.45kg at the 2016 Pan-American Junior Championships two months ago where earned … [Continue reading]
Today was a busy day in the Junior Worlds Training Hall! One of the many cool things was watching Mongolia's Ankhtsetseg Munkhjantsan (75kg Asian Champion, 18y/o) snatch up to an easy 105kg. Of course she also clean and jerked, did pulls and … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile at the 2016 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Training Hall ... Update: Here is the complete Team China Session from that day. 18 year Meng Cheng (usually 56kg, but will lift at 62kg at Junior Worlds, China) Clean and Jerked up … [Continue reading]
After her 105kg Snatch, here is Tima Turieva's 135kg Clean and Jerk at the 2016 Russian Weightlifting Championships. After the 135kg slow motion, you see her 126, 132 and 135 in comparison. More: Watch her training session a couple of days … [Continue reading]