(Originally posted Mar 15, 2014. Jump to the latest update) Five Azerbaijani medalists from the 2013 Europeans have been disqualified and stripped off their medals. (via) Who? Valentin Hristov (62kg), Silvia Angelova (48kg), Intigam Zairov (94 kg), Sardar Gasanov (69) and Zulfugar Suleymanov (62 kg). Zlatan Vanev, the head coach of team Azerbaijan said: “I’m in shock, I do […]
Weightlifting News: Artem Ivanov (Crimean) gets Russian Passport
You have probably heard about the situation in Ukraine/ Crimea. If you didn’t know, Artem Ivanov (94kg) is Crimean. So the question was: What happens to the weightlifters living there? Last week Sergey Syrtsov, president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, told a news site that Ukrainian athletes will be able to participate in the Russian […]
Dmitry Berestov Ends Weightlifting Career
In an unfortunate turn of events Dmitry Berestov announced the end of his athletic career. Remember that his original plan was to lift at the Russian Cup, qualify for the national team and lift at Europeans / Worlds / Olympics. Thanks to Juri for translating the short interview below. He says that his kid got […]
Weightlifting News: Russia’s 2014 Plans + Doping News
Time for the first Weightlifting News Update of 2014. Russia decided to change course and make the 2014 world championships the #1 priority (via). Currently the team gathered for the first training camp in Chekhov. Here is Artem Okulov with 140 x5 Snatches
Weightlifting News: Yet Another Turkish Doping Avalanche
Meanwhile in Turkey … Remember when earlier this year the entire Turkish U23 team tested positive? That was just the tip of the iceberg. As you might have heard there was a German news report (original report here, machine translated article here) about new testing methods which revealed hundreds of new positive doping cases. Now […]
Ilya Ilyin Vegetarian + Contrast Showers as Pre-Workout
I am going to win Rio as a vegetarianBack in July (2013) Ilya Ilyin sat down for an interview. The interviewer is some kind of business coach, without a particular affiliation to weightlifting. But there are a couple of points you might find interesting… Thanks to Vadim for translating the interesting parts. Update: More in […]
2013 World Weightlifting Championships
This was the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships Resource page. Thanks to everybody who joined chat. It was great fun as always. Event Hashtag: #2013wwc. Start List Results Men / Results Women World Records Lu Xiaojun’s 176kg Snatch World Record Tatiana Kashirina’s 190kg Clean & Jerk World Record Liao Hui’s 198kg Clean & Jerk World Record Recordings Good […]
Weightlifting News: Stricter Sanctions for Countries Caught Doping
This one is from commenter J. Amdal who posted this on the 2013 Worlds Page. According to the website of the Swedish Weightlifting Federation the IWF warned about severe sanctions to nations that have multiple doping cases withing 12 months. At the meeting in Wroclaw the IWF informed that 1856 doping controls has been made […]
Ilya Ilyin 9 Months Rest after Olympics
(Originally posted October 6th,2012. See updates) In an interview from right after the Olympics (10. August 2012) Ilya Ilyin’s coach said: He needs to rest for at least 9 months, during which he will only do light training like running, but no “boom” – said the coach Elijah Erzhas. Thanks to Eoin for submitting. Update: He won’t participate […]
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