Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Time for another photoshop contest! This time Ilya Ilyin watches things. Here is the original image. Post your’s in the comments. On instagram use #ilyawatches Ilya seems to have followed what happened at the Russian Championships… Watching: David Bedzhanyan clean and jerk 242kg
David Bedzhanyan 242kg Clean and Jerk
Meanwhile at the Russian National Championships… David Bedzhanyan(105kg) tied Ilya Ilyin’s 242kg World Record Clean and Jerk, breaking the Russian Record for the 105kg Clean and Jerk in the process. This is the first time we’ve seen him on the platform since 2014 Worlds where he Clean and Jerked 240kg and I think this might […]
David Bedzhanyan Interview
More Interviews from the Series: Oleg Chen Interview Adam Maligov Interview Alexey Lovchev Interview Vailiy Polovnikov Interview Tima Turieva Interview Khadzhimurat Akkaev Interview Time for another interview in the series of interviews with Russian weightlifters. This time we talked to 26 year old David Bedzhanyan. This is the first big interview with the 2 time […]
David Bedzhanyan 240kg Clean & Jerk Almaty 2014 World Championships
Here is the second World Record Breaking Clean & Jerk from the 105kg Session at the 2014 World Championships. Watch Ilya’s 242kg and Ruslan Nurudinov’s 239kg here. David Bedzhanyan‘s 240kg, taking back his Clean & Jerk World Record from Ruslan Nurudinov, who took it from him only a minute prior to this lift. Unfortunately for David this record also didn’t last long […]
David Bedzhanyan 241kg Clean & Jerk 2014 Russian Championships
Meanwhile in Russia .. at the 2014 Russian National Championships. I was making jokes about this before the competition started, so it’s even more awesome to see it become reality. David Bedzhanyan Clean & Jerked 241kg at 105kg. He went 228, 232 and then set the hall on fire with the 241kg. Update: Read David’s Interview […]
Unofficial Weightlifting World Records Compilation
Here is a nice compilation of a lot of the unofficial world records that went down in training halls around the world. If you have been following ATG a lot of it will look familiar. If not, then this is a nice video to get everybody on the same page. PS: Here is the Ilya […]
David Bedzhanyan 237kg Clean & (Squat) Jerk from 2009
Here is an oldie you might not have seen before. David Bedzhanyan with a 237kg Clean & Jerk from 2009. Soiren wrote in saying that, It was May 2009, Championship of Southern Federal District in Russia, and David Bedzhanyan is just 20 in this video. He did World Record in his 2nd attempt in C&J, and I […]
Dmitry Klokov 225kg Clean + Russian Weightlifting Team for 2013 Kazan Universiade
He said he will attempt a 225kg Clean & jerk, which would be a seasonal best, soon. Today Dmitry Klokov got the 225kg Clean part. In related news: The Russian men’s weightlifting team for the World University Games (Summer Universiade) in Kazan (6-17 July) has been announced: 69kg: Oleg Chen 77kg: Dmitry Khomyakov 85kg: Apti Aukhadov 94kg: […]
2013 Russian Weightlifting Teams Announced
The Russian Weightlifting Federation published the list of their lifters for 2013. I scanned the list for some of the prominent names. No Dmitry Klokov to be found in there. Dmitry Lapikov is missing too. If you are wondering where Apti Aukhadov is, he is listed in the U23 85kg (I thought he wanted to move […]