Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohammed Ehssan Front Squats 300kg! Remember he injured himself during his second snatch attempt at worlds (partially torn quad muscle). During my visit in Cairo he was already training with the team again. Not doing … [Continue reading]
After Tian Tao snatched 160kg [Video here], he finished his session with some upper back work. More: Dmitry Klokov doing Trapi Update: Full Session of Lu's and Tian's Training Session. … [Continue reading]
Here are Artem Okulov, Tima Turieva, Apti Aukhadov and Ksenia Maximova in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall. As is normal for the Russian team this was a very light session to loosen up their bodies after the long travel to Houston. Still beautiful … [Continue reading]
Time for another President's Cup. This one is in Kazan. Start List PDF Live Scoreboard Results Recordings Recordings 75kg +75kg 94kg 105kg +105kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Chile ... Arley Mendez Perez (85kg), who is originally from Cuba, snatches 170kg and Clean & Jerks 210kg for new Chilean records. He won bronze at the 2013 Junior worlds (Artem Okulov won gold there). … [Continue reading]
End of February I visited Mohamed Ehab and the Egyptian weightlifting team in their training camp in Cairo. The Olympic training center just opened and and offers the athletes a training environment that is probably unparalleled in Egypt. I am … [Continue reading]
Here are all of Lu Xiaojun's Snatches at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. First the 175kg make 175kg partial slow mo 170/175/177 in full speed comparison 170/175/177 slow motion comparison 175/177 overlay More: Watch … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Poland ... After visiting the Kazakh Weightlifting team (Team Astana around Ilya Ilyin) in Poland last year [Videos here], I thought it would be fun to do that again. So I drove down to Zakopane in south Poland where the team was … [Continue reading]
Here are some heavy lifts from Marcel Guidea from his 2015 training. Remember that he has Cleaned 243kg, and Clean & Jerk 233kg before. Back in December when we stayed in Chekhov he told us that he injured his elbow and that it will take a … [Continue reading]