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Syrtsov on Klokov & Akkaev

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A reader submitted this article where Sergey Syrtsov, president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, discusses Slivenko, Klokov and Akkaev. Syrtsov’s finds some pretty harsh words: “Даже не так обидно с Аккаевым, потому что ему действительно была проведена операция уже в Лондоне, а Клоков и Сливенко очень сильно подвели команду.” Translation: The situation is not as sorry with […]

Rigert: Klokov had a Knee Surgery

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David Rigert comments that Klokov didn’t even fly out to London. Klokov had failed to recover from a knee injury that also required surgery and had not flown to London, said David Rigert, head coach of the Russian weightlifting team. And for all you Akkaev surgery doubters: “(The decision) was taken after the surgery, and the surgery […]

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(Update: Akkaev may lift) wasn’t bad enough, here we go with more bad news … Russian weightlifter Dmitry Klokov has withdrawn from the Olympics for unspecified medical reasons, the country’s sports minister said Saturday.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 […]

Dmitry Klokov Anterior Ankle / Quad Stretch

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Here is Dmitry Klokov stretching his Tibialis anterior muscle together with all the little muscles in the feet. Similar to the stretches Kevin Cornell showed us. You can see Dmitry’s complete warm-up  routine here. Check out more drills on Mobility 101 for more. Thanks to Emilia for letting me post the photo. Update: Video of the stretch / Warm up (at 2:03)

2005 World Weightlifting Championships

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Frank Rothwell uploaded the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships Men’s 105kg and +105kg. +105 kg Results Snatch Name B.weight 1 2 3 Result 1 Evgeny Chigishev 125.77 200 209 211 211 2 Hossein Rezazadeh 164.60 201 205 210 210 3 Jaber Saed Salem 125.30 195 201 203 201 4 Viktors Scerbatihs 139.55 195 201 205 201 Clean […]