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Luis Mosquera Works Up to 130kg Snatches in Almaty 2014 Worlds Training Hall

December 8, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Here are a couple of Snatches from Luis Mosquera in the 2014 World Championships Training Hall in Almaty. The 19 year old Colombian worked up to 130kg singles in that session. This was filmed the day I arrived in Almaty, Friday November 7th. Two days later on Sunday he won the the 62kg Snatch Bronze […]

Sohrab Moradi 195kg Snatch + 230kg Clean & Jerk

December 7, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Sohrab Moradi (now 94 I believe) gets some nice training PRs. 195kg Snatch + 230kg Clean & Jerk. Currently he has only very few followers on Instagram. Follow him @ayoub.moradi. A video posted by ayoub4mb (@ayoub.moradi) on Dec 12, 2014 at 9:18am PST

Kianoush Rostami 178kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships

December 6, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Here is Kianoush Rostami‘s 178kg Snatch from the Almaty 2014 World Championships which set him up to become the new world champion. With one big breath and a little hop forward on each attempt, the 23 year old Iranian, who started weightlifting at the age of 13, went 3/3 in the Snatch. 173, 176 and 178 , which was only surpassed […]

Day in the Life of Dmitry Klokov

December 4, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … Video Blogger Misha Prygunov, followed Dmitry Klokov around for a day. It’s 2 hours and in Russian, but just from watching it confirms my view of Dmitry – always working on something. They visit the Winner Sportswear offices and the place where his clothes are produced (all sewn by hand!), train […]

Zhassulan Kydyrbaev 229kg Clean & Jerk Almaty 2014 World Championships

December 3, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Zhassulan Kydyrbaev … Until recently that was a name that I had not been familiar with. But after he showed up in Ilya’s videos and posted his 190 +230 in training it was clear that he is one to be reckoned with. In what until then was the most exciting session at the 2014 worlds the […]

Yue Kang 170kg x5 Squat Almaty 2014 Worlds Training Hall

December 2, 2014 By Gregor Winter

From the 2014 World Championships Training Hall… Yue Kang (75kg) Squats 170kg x5, one week before her competition day. She did 150 x5 before that. (Video also Facebook and Instagram @atginsta) The 2 times Junior World Champion and 2011 Worlds silver medalist was a bit unlucky as she entered the competition with an old hip injury […]

Yung Chang 145kg Squat

December 2, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Update: Excellent detective work from Phil! Correction: Both names are correct it seems. Zhang Rong or Yung Chang. She’s 21 years old In the 2013 Chinese National Games she didn’t complete one lift, bombed the Snatch, DNF (via) At the 2014 Chinese Nationals she went 86, 90x, 90x in the Snatch and 103x, 103, 108x […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov 200kg Snatch at 101kg (2011)

December 2, 2014 By Gregor Winter

We have seem Vasiliy Polovnikov Snatch 200kg on multiple occasions, but here is on from 2011 where he was “about 101kg” bodyweight. Post by Vasily Polovnikov.

Zulfiya Chinshanlo 133 & 134kg Clean and Jerk World Record

November 30, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Zulfiya Chinshanlo had an outstanding performance at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championship, setting two world records in the Clean and Jerk. After her 127kg opener, which secured her gold in the total, the 21 year old lifted 133kg for a new World Record on her second attempt. However that wasn’t enough. After all, how often do you get to set WRs in […]