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Dmitry Klokov Interviews Aleksey Lovchev *Translation Complete*

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Time for Aleksey Lovchev’s “On Par” interview with Dmitry Klokov. Translation Status: Completed! Big thanks go to Vadim Pakhutkin & Sergiy Turchyn who tackled this one. Just as he did in his other “On Par” Interviews, Dmitry did a great job as an interviewer. Here we really get to know Aleksey. During the interview he references Aleksey’s past […]

Tian Tao 218kg Clean & (Squat) Jerk at 85kg *Update* Interview Translation Added

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Meanwhile in Korea at the 2014 Asian Games. The 85kg session was quite a spectacle! We even had got an amazing HD stream. Kianoush Rostami Snatched 172kg, Sa Jae-Hyouk got 171kg (skipped his 3rd) and later bombed in the Clean & Jerk (x207, x207, x210). Then it was for the Tian Tao show. The 20 year old was […]

Khadzhimurat Akkaev Interview

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Next in our interview series with Russian weightlifters we talked with Khadzhimurat Akkaev. More Interviews from the Series: David Bedzhanyan Interview Adam Maligov Interview Alexey Lovchev Interview Vailiy Polovnikov Interview Tima Turieva Interview Oleg Chen Interview In his First Interview of 2014 the 29 year old, two time Olympic medalist and 2011 World Champion talks about […]

Chingiz Mogushkov 213kg Snatch 2014 Russian Championships

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Meanwhile in Russia … at the 2014 Russian National Weightlifting Championships. Chingiz Mogushkov outdid himself. First Alexey Lovchev set a new Russian Record with a 212kg Snatch. Then Chingiz countered with 213kg. His lifts: Snatch: 201, 207, 213kg for a new Russian Record! Clean & Jerk: 241, x253, x255 He also won the weigh-in! Bodyweight: 193.2kg […]

Aleksey Lovchev 212kg Snatch + 468kg Total 2014 Russian Championships

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Meanwhile in Russia … at the 2014 Russian Weightlifting Championships. In the Snatch, Aleksey Lovchev had a great battle with Chingiz Mogushkov. His Lifts: Snatch: 200, 206, 212kg (Russian Record that stood for 2 minutes until Chingiz’s 213kg) Clean & Jerk: 242, 256kg to seal the deal, no 3rd attempt necessary. for a massive 468kg Total Bodyweight: […]

David Bedzhanyan 241kg Clean & Jerk 2014 Russian Championships

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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 […]

Tima Turieva Interview

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More Interviews from the Series: David Bedzhanyan Interview Adam Maligov Interview Alexey Lovchev Interview Vailiy Polovnikov Interview Khadzhimurat Akkaev Interview Oleg Chen Interview Here is the next interview in our series of interviews with Russian weightlifters. We got to talk with 22 year old Tima Turieva. She is the 2013 World & 2014 European Champion in the 63kg […]