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Aleksey Lovchev 200kg Thruster *Update 200kg by Fernando Reis*

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Meanwhile in San Marino … Finally someone tackled the 200kg Thruster! While on vacation after Russian Championships, Aleksey Lovchev sets the new Thruster World Record. I bet once he does this exercise a more regularly we will see huge jumps in weight. Originally posted 10.08.2015 Update 23.11.15: Fernando Reis (+105kg, Brazil) gets 200kg also. Follow […]

2015 World Championships Training Hall Videos

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Here is a collection of training hall videos from the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. Let’s collect them all. Post yours in the comments. Here’s 2014 Edition. Because this post got too long Here is Part 2. Lesman Paredes (94kg, Colombia) Front Squats 225kg @lesman16 front squatting 225 kg with good effort. #wwc2015 A video posted by […]

Mohammed Ehssan 195kg Snatch + 240kg Clean and Jerk

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Meanwhile at the World Weightlifting Championships… Mohammed Ehssan (+105, Egypt) got a big training total, possibly the heaviest snatch in the halls so far. At the 2014 World Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan, he went 193/243/436 for a bronze medal. You can follow his instagram: @goldenlifter 195kg Snatch 240kg Clean and Jerk Capital Strength from Ireland […]

Sardorbek Dusmurotov 325kg Back Squat

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Meanwhile in Uzbekistan… Ricky Gulyamov has started uploading more training footage. This time we see another 5kg on Sardorbek Dusmurotov‘s Back Squat with 325kg. In the comments Ricky says he did 330kg afterwards and there will be more footage released soon, so make sure to follow him on instagram.

German Documentary about Systematic Doping in Russia *Colorado Meeting – RUSADA non-compliant*

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A German TV documentary “Geheimsache Doping” by ARD about the the systematic doping in Russia is making its rounds through the internet. The Guardian wrote a piece about it here, the BBC here and WADA also released a statement. TL;DW: The documentary uncovers nationwide systematic doping. It involves names that are pretty high up the food chain, […]

Simon Martirosyan 190kg Snatch

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Meanwhile in Armenia Russia*… Simon Martirosyan has been posting quite regularly in the run up to the 2015 World Championships. He’s currently on the start list competing in the 105kg class with a 400kg entry total (18th November is the final date to finalise entries). He’s 18 years old so it’ll be interesting to see if […]