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Here are the recordings of the 2014 Russian Cup.

This competition served as a gauge for the 2014 Europeans and there were some big names on the start list.

Update: Added a translation of an interview with Venkov (head coach) below.

85kg Recording:

  1. Artem Okulov: 165 + 211 = 376
  2. Adam Maligov: 170 +205 =375

Update: Read Adam’s Interview on ATG here and Artem’s Interview here.

(Okulov’s 211kg C&J is at 1:06:00)

Antoniy Savchuk’s 231kg Clean & Jerk (18 years old, 2012 European Youth Champion in +94).

He went 175, 181, 184 + 220, 226, 231 = 415kg

Alexey Lovchev’s 240kg Clean & Jerk

Interview with Alexandr Venkov (Russian Head Coach). Thanks to Juri for translating.

First question was if this was really a selection comp for euros cause the results were not that good in the lighter weight classes: they just don’t have good athletes at the moment other than Oleg Chen.

Venkov says it’s sad that in regions where the average height is smaller WL is not popular so they don’t have good small lifters for the lower weight classes and that’s it.

So they will probably only bring lifters from 69kg (Oleg Chen) and up to international comps.

Razmik Unanyan, the 77kg winner, is very promising he said. He is also happy with the Okulov vs Maligov duel in the 85kg. Both will take Apti’s place in Europeans.

94 is a bit disappointing. 105kg was fun. All 3 medalists will be invited to training camp and have a good chance at coming to Europeans.

Results

77kg Result:

  1. Razmik Unanyan 145, 155, x60 + 175, 190, x195 = 345

94kg Result:

  1. Artem Leonids 177 + 207 = 384kg
  2. Rinat Kireev 170 + 206 = 376kg
  3. David Bibl 175 + 200 = 375kg

94kg Video

105kg Results:

  1. Maxim Sheyko  185 + 225 = 410kg
  2. Andrey Demanov 184 + 223 = 407kg
  3. Vasiliy Polovnikov 183 + 223 =406kg
  4. Timur Naniev 180 + 218 = 398kg

105kg Video

+105kg Results:

+105kg Video

Lovchev’s 200kg Snatch is at 32:00. Lapikov’s 201kg is at 33:20

Here is Vasiliy’s 183kg Snatch

Ans his 223kg Clean & Jerk

75kg/+75kg Recordings with Ekaterina Katina.

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Comments

  1. Mr_Rogers413 says

    I know what I’m doing this weekend!

    Hopefully somebody records the Tuesday-Friday sessions and throws them up on Youtube. Doubt I’ll be able to watch those live.

    • Isaac says

      LIkewise. Can world records be broken at this competition? I’d like to see him snatch 215.

      • Gregor says

        No they can’t. There will be no drug tests there.

        Also I don’t expect Lapikov to be in World Record (Peak) shape at this point in time. It would not make sense when the focus is on worlds.

        • Everett says

          From the look of past training videos, he didn’t have to be in peak shape to snatch 215! But that may indeed be wishful thinking.

  7. Chris says

    I wonder what kind of shape Klokov will be in? 190 seems to be there in the snatch, but what about the C&J? 210+ looked pretty heavy in his seminar videos. Hopefully he performs well. I wouldn’t think he’d be available for EWC with all his upcoming seminars. Maybe Russian Championships though?

  8. Chris says

    94-105+ are going to be some good sessions. Wonder what kind of shape everyone is in? Most of these guys have been training solid since Russian Championships. Demanov recovering from injury? Exciting!

  11. drarara says

    polovnikov injured his elbow and shoulder while he was in the us, so he wasnt at his best.

  14. Interested Consumer says

    Anybody know what kind of bar/bumpers brand they used? All bumpers seem to be the same width from 10kg all the way to 25 kg.

      • Kevin says

        Then again, maybe he did not want to push it. Maybe his goal was merely to finish top three so that he would be invited to the team to train for the Europeans. At his age, he needs to choose his battles wisely.

    • Gregor says

      As I mentioned in an earlier post, he didn’t need to lift here. His focus is on moving up to the 94kg class and preparing for worlds. In a recent interview (he was at the Russian Cup as a visitor) he said all is going well preparation without injury so far.