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Kim Tuan Thach 135kg Junior Snatch World Record Almaty 2014 World Championships

November 10, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Here is Kim Tuan Thach’s 135kg Junior World Record Snatch from the 2014 World Championships. Update: Here is a Profile / Interview with him. After finishing second six weeks earlier at the 2014 Asian Games the 20 year old from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam broke two junior world records – Snatch and Total (296kg). […]

Aleksey Lovchev 220kg Snatch off Blocks

November 7, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … Aleksey Lovchev just posted this 220kg Snatch from blocks, 10kg more than his previous PR Also make sure you check out the interview with Aleksey on ATG. Update 09.11.2014: added a youtube video with another angle.

Dmytro Chumak 227kg Clean & Jerk at Ukrainian Nationals 94kg

November 3, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in the Ukraine … Here is Dmytro Chumak’s 227kg Clean and Jerk (at 93.7kg bodyweight) from Ukraine Nationals. In the competition the 24 year old also Snatched a whopping 183kg for a 410kg Total. This is the highest 94kg Total in competition so far this year. Full Results on Polska. He entered the 2014 […]

IWF Documentary “Lift the World” Teaser

November 3, 2014 By Gregor Winter

The IWF produced a documentary called “Lift the World”. It’s a 50 minute movie about weightlifting produced for the promotion of the sport. It will premier November 7th in Almaty and afterwards will be given to TV channels for free. Update 01.04.2015: Here is the full movie.

Dmitry Klokov 120kg BTN Snatch Grip Press in Deep Squat Position

November 1, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Australia … at Klokov Seminar in Perth. Dmitry BTN Snatch Grip Presses 120kg in a Deep Squat Position (DSP). I think that’s a PR for him (at least on video). I also added it to the “Assistance Exercises from his Seminars” post here. More BTN Snatch Grip Presses: Dmitry’s Standing Version with 120kgx5 […]

2014 Worlds Poll + Your Predictions

October 31, 2014 By Gregor Winter

With a little over a week to go until the 2014 Worlds, let’s have a prediction poll. Your Podium Predictions in the Comments. Here are mine: +105kg: Aleksey Lovchev, Behdad Salimi, Ruslan Albegov 105kg: Ilya Ilyin, David Bedzhanyan, or Ruslan Nurudinov if he hís healthy? Snatch Medal for Pat Mendes 94kg: Aleksandr Ivanov or Aurimas Didzbalis 85kg: […]

Colin Burns 170kg Snatch

October 31, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in the US … Colin Burns is ready for worlds and Snatches 170kg at 96kg. A video posted by Colin Burns (@burnscolin) on Oct 10, 2014 at 7:06pm PDT

Yuliya Kalina 111kg Snatch (at 63kg) Ukrainian Record

October 30, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Ukraine … Here is London 2012 Bronze medalist (in 58kg) Yuliya Kalina (now 63kg) Snatching 111kg at the Ukrainian National Championships. With this lift she set a new national record, which was previously held by 2004 Olympic champion Nataliya Skakun, who now coaches Yuliya. At the 2014 World Championships she will compete against Tima Turieva, Tzu Chi Lin, Deng Wei in […]

Liao Hui 200kg Clean & Jerk at Chinese Test Event Update 165kg Snatch

October 30, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … The Chinese Weightlifting team ran a test event in their training center. See the women’s session here. And Liao Hui (69kg) did pretty good. How Good? He got the 200kg Clean & Jerk and a 365kg Total, ergo also a 165kg Snatch. Update 30.10.2014: Finally, here is the 165kg Snatch Video Just […]