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Om Yun Chol 175kg Clean

December 4, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here’s some more footage from the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. This time Om Yun Chol (56kg, North Korea) gets a 175kg Clean (3.125x BW). A few minutes earlier he set the World Record in the Clean and Jerk for the 56kg class (again).

Sara Ahmed 200kg Squat

December 3, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is 17 year old Sarah Ahmed (69kg, Egypt) squatting 180kg, 190kg, and 200kg in the 2015 Worlds Training Hall. Previously she medalled first at Youth Worlds, plus second at the China Grand Prix and Junior Worlds. Here she only narrowly missed out on a Clean and Jerk medal by attempting 138kg twice. Update: Sara doing […]

Nijat Rahimov 210kg Clean and Jerk

December 1, 2015 By Gregor Winter

World Champion Nijat Rahimov (77kg, Kazakhstan) Clean and Jerks 210kg. The current World Record is still 210kg although he did have a crack at 211kg a few days ago in the 77kg Class. Make sure to follow him on instagram. A video posted by @nicat_rahimov1993 on Nov 25, 2015 at 3:20pm PST You can check […]

Lu Xiaojun Squatting up to 275kg + Warm Up

November 30, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is Lu Xiaojun’s heavy squat session which he did 3 days before competing at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. Included is his warm up with massage and stretching. More: Lu in the 77kg Warm Up Room at Worlds Watch his 260kg Pause Squat at the 2013 Worlds Update: Full Session with Tian Tao.

2015 World Championships Training Hall Videos Part 2

November 24, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is a collection of training hall videos from the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. Part 1 can be found here. Let’s collect them all. Post yours in the comments. Here is Part #1 and here’s the 2014 Edition. Team Italy 39 year-old Eva Gigante (48): 80kg clean and jerk (power-ish clean) Giorgia Russo (53): 75kg snatch […]

Elkhan Aligulizada 203kg Clean and Jerk World Record

November 24, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile at Houston… This time a Junior World Record falls! Elkhan Aligulizada (77kg, Azerbaijan) finished the group with a new Junior World Record Clean and Jerk, 203kg! The old record was set by Taner Sağır (77kg, Turkey), along with the Snatch and Total Junior World Records, in the 2004 Olympic Games. Update 05.02.2016: He Clean […]

Boyanka Kostova 112kg Snatch World Record + 252kg Total World Record

November 24, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile at the World Weightlifting Championships… The records keep falling! This time Boyanka Kostova (58kg, Azerbaijan) increases the 9 year old Snatch World Record in the 58kg class by 1kg to 112kg and the 8 year old 251kg Total World Record by 1kg to 252kg! She also became the first ever Azerbaijan medal winner in […]

Aleksey Lovchev 200kg Thruster Update 200kg by Fernando Reis

November 23, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in San Marino … Finally someone tackled the 200kg Thruster! While on vacation after Russian Championships, Aleksey Lovchev sets the new Thruster World Record. I bet once he does this exercise a more regularly we will see huge jumps in weight. Originally posted 10.08.2015 Update 23.11.15: Fernando Reis (+105kg, Brazil) gets 200kg also. Follow […]

2015 World Championships Training Hall Videos

November 22, 2015 By Gregor Winter

Here is a collection of training hall videos from the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships. Let’s collect them all. Post yours in the comments. Here’s 2014 Edition. Because this post got too long Here is Part 2. Lesman Paredes (94kg, Colombia) Front Squats 225kg @lesman16 front squatting 225 kg with good effort. #wwc2015 A video posted by […]