Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile at the 2016 European Championships... 17 year old Rebeka Koha (53kg, Latvia) Clean and Jerked 108kg to win two bronze medals (one in the total). Additionally winning a silver medal in the snatch with 90kg; she's only ever missed 2 … [Continue reading]
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships are upon us. As usual, this page will be updated with live streams and news throughout the competition. When: 10-16 April Where: Førde, Norway Useful Links: Start List (PDF), Results … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China... More records are being unofficially broken at the Chinese National Championships. Deng Wei (63kg) completely dominated the 63kg class with her opening attempts securing gold medals. She attempted to break the 117kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in China ... This amazing performance deserved an extra post. Li Yajun (53kg) snatched 104kg at the 2016 Chinese Weightlifting Championships. +1kg above Li Ping's official World Record at 53kg. Nothing too surprising from Yajun … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Coach Vladimir Safonov has another gem from Olga Zubova's past training. 180kg Jerk! Check out the Olga Zubova Category on ATG for her best lifts. Olga Zubova (75kg) and Vladimir Safonov, jerk 180kg!!! A video … [Continue reading]
Here is part two of the ATG on Tour with Team Astana Series (Part One Here). Featuring Ilya's Friday morning session. Warm Up: some splits, balancing on one foot, planks Front Squats Snatches Clean and Jerks All pretty light to … [Continue reading]
Here is Lesman Paredes' (94kg, Colombia) 172kg Snatches from worlds. He was still 19 years old at the time (now he is 20) and is eligible to compete at this year's Junior world championships. Watch his training hall video here. … [Continue reading]
Update: Here is Part One - The Lion (Cub) of Himara. Update: Here the video that was made for the US Olympic Trials. Here is a special report from none other than Dr. David Boffa of The Human Circus and The Two Doctors Podcast. He … [Continue reading]
It's time for the yearly spring check ing with the Chinese team (2015 Edition here). This year their national championships (9-12.04 and 16-19.04) will also act as their Olympic trials. If they say something interesting please help translating … [Continue reading]