Bad news for all Artem Ivanov fans. He is out.
Unfortunately, Artem Ivanov, the leader of the Ukrainian weightlifting team, will not participate in the Olympic Games due to a serious knee injury. via
This completely messes up my predictions. Well, way to go Ilya!
In other “News”:
Update: Reports are out saying that Akkaev underwent spinal surgery.
There is a rumor floating around the internet that Khadzhimurat Akkaev is / was in hospital. But nothing concrete is known… So take it with a huge grain of salt.
Update: Koing, who is in a loader and has also access to the training halls, commented:
I saw Akkaev watching Lu Xioajun on Wednesday. Looked fine to me!
Thanks to Ian for keeping us up to date.
Geez I hope they’re both okay; there’ll be no one left in 105kg at this rate!
I’m sure Klokov will still figure out a way to get Silver 😉
If Akkaev was gone I’d say Klokov was locked in for gold…
I still believe Akkaev is fine and this was just some kind of forum prankster.
Dont forget that Marcin Dołęga is pretending for silver or maybe gold medal. I saw him doing over 200kg in snatch regularly three times a week !!!
Damn, looking forward to seeing him lift!
ivanov’s facebook site confirm his injury.