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Akkaev Comments on his Injury and Future

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Update: So apparently he wants to lift! Khadzhimurat Akkaev comments on his current situation and future plans after missing out on London 2012. Update: Read Akkaev’s 2014 Interview on ATG. Google translated interview is still rough. Please correct the things it butchered. Akkaev: But, honestly, I have little doubt tormented, which may bring health. And as […]

Ukrainian Dropouts – Udachyn, Cherniavska Out

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After Artem Ivanov dropping out due to injury here comes more bad news from the Ukrainian team. Svitlana Cherniavska (+75 kg) and failed to recover after an injury she suffered a month before the Olympics. Artem Udachyn (+105 kg) suffered a knee injury during one of hist last training sessions. The only representative of Ukraine […]

94kg Men 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 94kg (see B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Stream: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube We had a Live Chat for each session at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Update: Ilya’s lifts as seen from the audience. Scenes from the streets of Kazakhstan Ilya Ilyin’s 233kg World Record Clean & […]

94kg Men B Group 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 94kg B Group (A Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Join the Live Chat for the other sessions at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Tomasz Bernard Zielinski (Adrian’s younger brother) leads the snatch by lighter bodyweight. Both, he and Aliaksandr Makaranka snatched 175kg Clean & Jerk: Thomasz Zielinski takes it […]

Dmitry Klokov Out of Olympics

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As if Akkaev dropping out of the Olympics (Update: Akkaev may lift) wasn’t bad enough, here we go with more bad news … Russian weightlifter Dmitry Klokov has withdrawn from the Olympics for unspecified medical reasons, the country’s sports minister said Saturday. Vitaly Mutko announced Saturday the 29-year-old athlete would not be able to compete, but did […]

85kg Men 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 85kg of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: will appear here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube Join the Live Chat for the other sessions at allthingsgym.com/chat/. Chat Message of the Day comes from Deldar: Rezazdeh looks like a brown Santa Clause Snatch: Lots of missed attempts. 4 bombed out. Moradi, Hennequin, Sincraian, Rybakou. […]

75kg Women 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Women’s 75kg (B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is live. BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube Join the Live Chat for the other sessions. Permanent Chat at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Huge disappointment – World champion Nadezda Evstyukhina bombed… Tight race between Natalya Zabolotnaya & Podobedova, each setting new Olympic records. In the end […]