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Liao Hui 166kg Snatch and 359kg Total World Record

November 22, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. China’s Liao Hui has done it again, beaten world records that is. He went for a World record in the Snatch with 166kg and a new total World Record with 359kg at his second Clean and Jerk, he skipped his last attempt. Check out his 165kg […]

Daniel Godelli 171kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships

November 22, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Another Highlight of the 2014 Worlds. Daniel Godelli (Albania, 77kg) doing the “Dimas” after his 171kg Gold Medal Snatch. He almost lost the bar behind, but somehow he managed to save and stand up with it. Absolutely fantastic lift and first Albanian Gold Medal in weightlifting (after the press was abolished). Full recordings on the […]

Don McCauley Split Jerk Instruction Video

November 22, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Don McCauley explains his way of teaching the Split Jerk. He uses various drills for the dip & drive, foot position and gives some pointers for the rack poisition.

Ruslan Albegov 210kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships

November 21, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Here is Ruslan Albegov’s 210kg Snatch from the 2014 World Championships in partial slow mo and realtime. After missing his opener at 203kg, he came back for 205 on his second and 210 on his third attempt. (Watch his 209kg Snatch from the 2013 Worlds here.) (Video also on Facebook, and @atginsta) His Future Plans: […]

Mohamed Ehab 152kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships

November 20, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Here is Mohamed Ehab’s 152kg Snatch from the 2014 World Championships. (Video also on Facebook, and @atginsta)

Lu Xiaojun Bottom Up Overhead Squats Update 220kg

November 20, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Lu Xiaojun does Bottom-up Overhead Squats (Dead Overhead Squats) with 180kg. Here, Lu Xiaojun is using this movement during a mid-week session to train his support strength and practice his balance in the catch position. Notice how he finds his balance point before standing. (via Ma Strength) Update 21.01.2015: Liao Hui does it with […]

Aleksey Lovchev 257kg Clean & Jerk Almaty 2014 World Championships

November 19, 2014 By Gregor Winter

2014 World Championships Highlight … Aleksey Lovchev’s 257kg Gold Medal Clean & Jerk. Yes he had a bad day in the Snatch (his 195kg Snatch in the warm up area had us hoping for a good session), but this 257kg in my opinion made up for it in my book. 257kg is even 1kg heavier than […]

Weightlifting News – Video Evidence & International Competitions in North Korea

November 19, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Quick News Update, so we are all on the same page. Video Evidence to Avoid Judging Errors (via): Remember when Simplice Ribouem (Australia) was denied a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games because of a judging error? Of course that was just one of the major errors in recent times Well, the IWF reacted […]

Vladimir Sedov 188kg Snatch 2014 Worlds

November 19, 2014 By Gregor Winter

One of the best lifts from the 2014 World Championships. Vladimir Sedov‘s 188kg Snatch that earned him the Snatch Gold Medal in the 94kg category. This lift ties Kakhi Kakhiashvili’s Snatch World Record from 1999. In this video I added a little slow mo. You can find the real time version here. More from the 94kg Session at […]