Here is a how to snatch tutorial with Shi Zhiyong.
First attempt = third attempt. No technique breakdown.
158, 161 and 164kg Snatch Slow Motion + side by side comparison at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships.
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I’ve noticed a trend of some of China’s power-based lifters starting out as clean and jerk specialists then developing to be become better in the snatch (as I consider 0.82 the balanced number so anything more I would consider snatch-heavy)! Chen Lijun, Liao Hui, and now Shi Zhiyong. Tian Tao hasn’t went there though… yet…
1:15 I don’t think I’ve ever seen such perfect consistency in form among the 3 attempts… the biggest difference I can see is that he held it for a fraction of a second longer before dropping it on his final attempt. Bravo! Snatch used to be his weakness but at 164/196, that ratio indicates it’s his strength now.
Only thing is, being used to such perfect form, can he save one that goes off by a bit?
The form is the same because 164 is nowhere near his max at this bw. He did 170 back at 69 training weight, i.e. 72-73.
Same with the jerk. He could’ve done more than 200 at 69, now he could do 205+.
I’ve seen him do 170+205 from 73kg body-weight in training. I hope he’s not making the mistake of saving his best for later to provide show after show. In weightlifting, you never know when injury will do you in and it’ll be your last rodeo. For people who leave their best for the future only to realize they will never have another chance to do it, there is nothing but a life of regret, exacerbated by seeing a young gun take your WRs away when you know you could have put them beyond his reach.