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Matt Sohmer 372.5kg Squat

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Meanwhile in America… Matt Sohmer (120kg+) just competed in the USAPL Collegiate Nationals. He finished with a 372.5kg squat, 130kg bench press, 327.5kg deadlift and a total of 830kg*. He only competed 2kg above the lower categories limit.   *Results (Google Document)

Boyanka Kostova 109kg Snatch, 137kg Clean and Jerk & Total European Records

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Meanwhile at Tbilisi in the European Championships 2015… Boyanka Kostova just broke all three under-23 European records and all three senior European Records! She was in a one horse race until the end, starting after all the other competitors had finished, power snatching her first attempt and not even breaking a sweat in her clean […]

Sohrab Moradi 235kg Clean

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Meanwhile in Iran … We last saw Sohrab Moradi Snatching 195kg and Clean and Jerking 230kg as a 94kg lifter. Before that we saw him back squat 310kg while in the 85kg class. Now he’s back with a 235kg Clean! 235 A video posted by ayoub4mb (@ayoub.moradi) on Apr 13, 2015 at 9:59am PDT

Jezza Uepa 415kg Squat

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Meanwhile in Australia… A couple of weeks ago we saw Jezza Uepa front squat 350kg. Today he broke his own World Record of 413kg in the Squat by 2kg. I’m unsure if this competition counts as an international event, since there are competitors from many countries, meaning this counts as a new IPF record. If […]

Dmitry Klokov Interviews David Rigert

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Meanwhile in Russia … Dmitry Klokov is currently on a visit in the Taganrog training facility and he recorded a new “On Par/On Equal Terms” interview. This time it’s with David Rigert. On youtube Dmitry commented that he will have engish subtitles available soon! In the mean time here are Dmitry’s past interviews. Update 11.04.2015: […]