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Last Minute Changes in London Line Ups

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The official Weightlifting Start List (PDF Warning) is out. A couple of changes piled up in the last days. If you find more, let me know. Team Albania: Hysen Pulaku tests positive (via) According to a report of the Albanian Olympic Committee, Pulaku resulted positive with doping during the CIO surprise control for the Olympic Games in London. […]

British Weightlifting Documentary – Girl Power, Going For Gold

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The BBC made a documentary about 3 British weightlifters as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympics. Girl Power: Going for Gold The film follows Zoe Smith (58kg) (@ZoePabloSmith), Hannah Powell (48kg) @hannahpowell92 and Helen Jewell through the various battles for the 2 women’s spots on the Olympic team. Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Thanks to Maleik for sending this in.

Asen Zlatev 230kg Clean & Jerk

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Here is a video of Asen Zlatev, 1980 Moscow Olympics Gold medalist in the 75kg. He later competed in the 82.5 kg. Career bests: 183kg Snatch @82.5kg 1986 in Melbourne 225kg (WR) Clean & Jerk  @82.5kg in 1986 World Championshipe in Sofia The following clip is from the 1988 Bulgarian Weightlifting Training Hall. 230kg Clean & Jerk Update: […]

London 2012 Weightlifting Statistics

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Let’s geek out about statistics. Since good (accessible) data was nowhere to be found online I collected the data from the official London 2012 Athletes Pages, as well as the weighlifting athletes’ profiles. You can access the raw data here: Google Docs Spreadsheet, xls Excel Spreadsheet I encourage you to take a look at it […]

Fernando Reis Setting Goals

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Here is a sweaty video of 22 year old Fernando Reis talking about the Olympics. I had this goal in my life, that if I didn’t reach this goal of becoming third place in the world in the juniors, I would have stopped weightlifting. Well, glad he did. So we can see him in London. He […]

Glenn Pendlay Narrated Training Videos

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Glenn Pendlay is uploading more and more narated videos of the training sessions. Has some cool stuff in it. Like the 221kg Squat x5 by Kaleb Whitby or the 160kg Push Presses x5 by Tom Sroka. Video focuses on drilling the positions in the 2nd pull with 2 pulls to the hips + 1 snatch. Recently […]

Travis Cooper 260kg Squat

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Check out Travis Cooper’s (85kg lifter) beautiful 260kg Squat. And while you’re at it, make sure to subscribe to his channel. He has lots of good training clips. Like this 151kg PR Snatch. Thanks to Phild for submitting this. Update: Also check out his road to 272.5kg (600lbs)