Meanwhile in Ukraine … 23 year old Oleksandr Pielieshenko (85kg) Snatches 182kg for a new Ukrainian record! A post shared by Aleksey TOROKHTIY (@torokhtiy) on Sep 22, 2017 at 8:19am PDT Update: Aleksey Torokhtiy made a highlights video.
Yuliya Paratova 94kg Snatch 2016 Europeans
From the 2016 Europeans … Yuliya Paratova (53kg, Ukraine) snatching 94kg to take home snatch gold. More: Cristina Iovu winning gold in total with 90+120 Cristina Iovu training before Europeans Rebeka Koha snatching 90kg
Dmytro Chumak 185kg Snatch
Meanwhile in Ukraine … Dmytro Chumak (94kg) snatching 185kg! Assuming this is pre Rio 2016. Snatch 185kg/407lb A video posted by Dmytro Chumak (@dmitryichumak) on Dec 16, 2016 at 2:49am PST
Oleksandr Pielieshenko 260kg Front Squat + 170kg Snatches
Meanwhile in Ukraine … 2016 European champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko (85kg) Front Squats 260kg! https://allthingsgym.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/oleksandr-pielieshenko-260kg-front-squat.mp4 … and here is his 170kg Snatch + Hang Snatch
Igor Obukhov 260kg Squat
Meanwhile in Valencia … 2015 Youth World Champion Igor Obukhov (85kg, Ukraine) squats 260kg! He turned 17 two months ago. Игорь Обухов 260кг. Posted by Игорь Обухов on Thursday, July 9, 2015
Alexander Pekanov 455kg Deadlift with Straps
Meanwhile in Ukraine … Strongman Alexander Pekanov gets a 455kg Deadlift (1003 lbs) with straps. At first I was skeptical if it was really 455kg. But after posting it to facebook and getting you guys were quick to find some references that make that lift more plausible (like his 410kg from 2005). Other heavy Deadlifts from […]
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 […]
Oleksiy Torokhtiy Interview (July 2013)
London 2012 105kg Gold Medalist Oleksiy Torokhtiy sat down for an interview about his career, his training and the state of Ukrainian weightlifting. How to bring back the popularity of weightlifting in the Ukraine? When I started out, in principle, I knew nothing about it. The only thing that kept me in the sport was my […]
Yaroslav Chernyshov 215kg Clean & Jerk
Meanwhile in Ukraine … Here is one to watch – 21 year old Yaroslav Chernyshov (94kg) gets a 215kg Clean & Jerk. In 2012 at the European Juniors he competed at 91kg and got 165kg (x168) + 197kg (x201). In the 2013 Europeans, at 91.52kg he got 167 +195. Also check out Ukraine’s Artem Udachyn doing a 270kg […]