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Ironmind “Turkish Tune-Up” 1994 Worlds Training Hall Video with Naim Suleymanoglu, Halil Mutlu

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Following “Heavy Metal in Melbourne”, here is the next full Ironmind classic making its way on youtube. Turkish Tune-Up, featuring: Naim Suleymanoglu, Halil Mutlu, Ergun Batmaz, Akakios Kakiasvilis (Kakhi Kakhiashvili), Pablo Lara, Altimurat Orazdurdiev, Ivan Chakarov, Andrey Chemerkin, Sergei Kopytov, Andrei Chemerkin, Timur Taimazov, Alexander Kurlovich and Manfred Nerlinger. More Full Ironmind Videos: Heavy Metal […]

Andrei Chemerkin – Life After 40

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Andrei Chemerkin turned 40 earlier this year and he is looking ‘skinny(er)’. What’s he been up to you ask? See the video below. If you don’t speak Russian, read the translation here. The narrator then says that after retiring from the sport, Chemerkin enjoys an active vacation kind of life style, a lot of skiing […]

1999 World Weightlifting Championships +105 kg

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Frank Rothwell uploaded the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships +105 kg 21 year old Hossein Rezazadeh with a 206kg World Record Snatch.Also: Gennadiy Krasilnikov has huge quads. Athlete BW Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Andrey Chemerkin 181.72 195.0 200.0 202.5 245.0 257.5 257.5 457.5 Jaber Saeed Salem 118.86 190.0 200.0 205.0 240.0 250.0 250.0 455.0 Hossein Rezazadeh […]

2002 Russian Grand Prix Weightlifting

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Here is a video of the 2002 Russian Grand Prix. Among the lifters are Marcin Dołęga, Ronny Weller, Hossein Rezazadeh, Andrei Chemerkin and others. Lifter Snatch Clean & Jerk Andrei Chemerkin 185 kg, 195kg, x200kg (lost his grip, thought his thumb ripped off) x235 (28:45– look at his catch and “rack” position. Inflexible? Weight of […]

Dmitry Klokov Snatch 202.5 kg C&J 240 kg in 2005

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Here are some crazy lifts from the 2005 Russian weightlifting championships (or Russian Cup?). Great lifts by Russia’s finest weightlifters… Evgeny Chigishev, Dmitry Klokov, Mikhail “Misha” Koklyaev, Andrei Chemerkin etc… If like me you wondered what the channel’s name “44252005” stands for. I guess these videos provide the answer. Klokov totaled 442.5 kg in 2005. That’s right. […]