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Mikhail Koklyaev 192.5kg Snatch

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This is why Misha is the most well rounded strength athletes of our time. After 2 years of not training the Olympic lifts (in the video he says that he last snatched in April and got 175kg and had not snatched since) Mikhail Koklyaev busts out a 192.5kg Snatch! Afterwards he says: This movement just cant […]

Vasily Alekseyev The Triumph of Strength Documentary

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Documentary time! Vladimir, who already translated Ilya Ilin’s Science of Victory, has done it again. He translated “Vasily Alekseyev – The Triumph of Strength”  (Триумф силы. Василий Алексеев). This documentary is about the legendary Russian weightlifter Vasily Alekseyev. It takes you through the bright and dark bits of his life and highlights how uneasy his life was. […]

Weightlifting News: Iranian Weightlifters Leave / Got Kicked Off Team

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This one came unexpected. Update 24.02.2014: Salimi and Co. are back in the national team and take part in training camps. (via) The Iranian  National Weightlifting Team posted a photo (24 June) on Facebook showing Behdad Salimi, Kianoush Rostami, Saeid Mohammadpour,  Sajjad Anoushiravani, Navab Nassirshalal together with a caption “WE MISS THEM!”. As to why this happened, they […]

Universiade Addendum: Battle Between Evstyukhina and Zubova

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I already posted Olga Zubova’sUniversiade lifts … But thanks to Anna for submitting the complete battle between her and Nadezhda Evstyukhina. Zubova: Snatch 115kg, x120kg, 120kg. C&J 145kg, 152kg, 159kg, 279kg Total Evstyukhina: Snatch 118kg, x123kg, 123kg. C&J  148kg, 152kg, 155kg, 278kg Total. Update: Her coach said that Literally three weeks before the performance she was seriously ill […]

Vasiliy Polovnikov 190kg Hang Snatch

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While Dmitry snatched 180kg after a pause at the knees (and after a 1100km drive to camp Chekhov) today, his colleague Vasiliy Polovnikov gets 190kg from the high hang at Norwood Weightlifting in Norwood, MA. Update: Read Vasiliy’s interview on ATG. Update: Here is his entire session (thanks Seth). He actually took 3 attempts at 195kg. Thanks to Brett […]

2013 Universiade Kazan Weightlifting

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It’s time for the 2013 Summer Universiade (World University Games) in Kazan, Russia. I will be updating this page every day with links to streams. Additionally you can follow ATG on Facebook, ATG on Google+ or me on Twitter. Also, to all you athletes who are there competing to record videos and send me links. […]