The Men’s 77kg (B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over.
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This session had it all. It was epic, sad and infuriating at the same time.
Lu Haojie opened with 2kg below the Olympic record. 170kg Xiaojun followed the lead.
Lu Haojie missed 175kg on his second and looks injured.
Lu Xiaojun takes 175kg also and sets a new World Record.
He wanted to go for 177kg but wasn’t given his attempt, because of a miscommunication.
Here is what happened (via Tom in the comments):
1 min was the correct discission. After Xiaojun’s attempt they called Haojie, but he cancelled his last lift. So it was at Xiaojun again. 4 years ago Xiaojun would have 2 minutes, but 1-2 years ago they changed the rules that if someone was called between and for some reason he raised or something and it is again at you, they count it as an ‘attempt’ and you have only 1 min instead of 2 min.
Clean & Jerk
Lu Haojie (injured and in tears at this point) went out (was pushed on the platform by his coaches) and made 190kg! What an effort!
Lu Xiaojun went 195kg. Then missed 204kg on his second before making it on his 3rd attempt.
New Total World Record 175kg + 204kg = 379kg.
204kg Clean & Jerk + Celebration video, Also available as gif.
Results:
| Athlete | Group | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | ||||
| Lu Xiaojun | A | 76.62 | 170 | 175 | 175 | 195 | 204 | 204 | 379 | ||
| Lu Haojie | A | 76.37 | 170 | – | 170 | 190 | — | 190 | 360 | ||
| Iván Cambar | A | 76.70 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 190 | 194 | — | 194 | 349 | |
| Chatuphum Chinnawong | A | 76.64 | 157 | 157 | 191 | 191 | 348 | ||||
| Ibrahim Ramadan | A | 76.79 | 150 | 155 | 155 | 192 | 192 | 347 | |||
| Andrés Mata | B | 76.93 | 145 | 150 | 150 | 183 | 188 | 188 | 338 | ||
| Krzysztof Zwarycz | A | 76.97 | 150 | 150 | 182 | 182 | 332 | ||||
| Felix Ekpo) | B | 76.23 | 146 | 151 | 151 | 180 | 180 | 331 | |||
| Kirill Pavlov) | B | 76.77 | 138 | 143 | 147 | 147 | 165 | 175 | 175 | 322 | |
| Jack Oliver | B | 76.45 | 135 | 140 | 140 | 160 | 165 | 170 | 170 | 310 | |
| Toafitu Perive | B | 75.95 | 117 | 122 | 122 | 157 | 163 | 167 | 167 | 289 | |
| Sa Jae-Hyouk | A | 76.56 | 158 | — | 158 | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
Entry Weights:
| Athlete | Planned 1st Snatch (Kg) | Planned 1st C&J (Kg) |
|---|---|---|
| CAMBAR RODRIGUEZ Ivan | 147 | 183 |
| RAMADAN IBRAHIM Ibrahim | 150 | 190 |
| ZWARYCZ Krzysztof Maciej | 150 | 181 |
| SA Jaehyouk | 155 | 195 |
| CHINNAWONG Chatuphum | 157 | 193 |
| LU Haojie | 170 | 200 |
| LU Xiaojun | 170 | 205 |
World Records before London 2012:
| Snatch | 174 kg | Lu Xiaojun |
| Clean & Jerk | 210 kg | Oleg Perepetchenov |
| Total | 378 kg | Lu Xiaojun |
Man, what the hell happened before Xiaojun’s third attempt? Did the jury think that Haojie was going to lift and put only 1 min on the clock? 🙁
Total confusion.
1 min was the correct discission. After Xiaojun’s attempt they called Haojie, but he cancelled his last lift. So it was at Xiaojun again. 4 years ago Xiaojun would have 2 minutes, but 1-2 years ago they changed the rules that if someone was called between and for some reason he raised or something and it is again at you, they count it as an ‘attempt’ and you have only 1 min instead of 2 min.
Tom is correct here, so the coaches actually screwed up. But good composure by then to calm the athlete down and get him focused on C&J. He will have more attempts to break 175KG going forward anyway, so gold + 2 WR’s is a good day :).
Thanks tom, adding this to the post.
Ah, okay, makes sense. I thought the coaches were right, so I got pretty upset 😀
Bud Charniga always refute the heavy pulls and bodybuilding in the training of olympic lifters. But I think that the sucess of the Asian will a give a different approach on training methods.
Yeah, pulls and their system in general clearly works.
The question is – do they succeed at all because of pulls, or in spite of pulls? Considering there are many systems which don’t use pulls much or at all (say the classic soviet, which only used snatch pulls <=100% I think, or of course Abadjiev's) and have just as exceptional athletes (with probably less developmental resources), I would lean towards the latter.
Also that fellow who sometimes has posts linked to here describes the Chinese System as weakness correction, so I guess pulls would only be used if it addresses a very specific weakness.
Good points here. Thanks for the input.
I thought it was 204kg C&J for Lu?
Thanks, Typo, fixed.
I thought for his standards his technique on the C&J was dodgy. That being said it was still a glorious lift and an amazing total.
whaaaaat a monster! Fantastic final. Sorry for the korean though… He broke his forearm right? looked like it :S
Probably dislocated elbow. Would have liked to see him on the podium.
Elbow dislocation most likely
Lu Haojie’s clean & jerk through the pain was amazing
That was 100% will.
I thought Martirosyan would compete.
The commentators said he pulled out an hour before the comp, due to injury.
Anyone know why they wear different singlets even though they both lift for China?
lu xiaojun is wearing his designated senior level singlet. haojie is wearing the official olympic singlet. xiaojun is almost always wearing that singlet
i think Hysen Pulaku could get in to the podium, maybe even a silver , sad that he got banned.
Where was Su Dajin?
Didn’t make the cut. Presumably Lu Haojie took his spot.
This was an amazing competition. I was really sad to see Sa drop out from that elbow injury. The South Koreans haven’t been doing so great this Olympics. He was the only guy in the whole 77kg class to bomb out, unlike certain other classes. Haojie put in one hell of an effort, crying his eyes out knowing he wouldn’t be able to truly challenge Xiaojun with his injury. That clean and jerk he managed to pull off was just phenomenal. And it’s always great to see some records broken, with Xiaojun’s final squat jerk being ridiculous. I have no idea how he manages to do those.
I really wonder how Hysen would have done had he not been caught for doping. His 166/211 training lifts looked solid and should have had him get some sort of medal.
I think with Sa out Hysen could have a good chance at bronze.
Could have, would have, should have…