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Kianoush Rostami 172kg Sn + 212kg C&J & Rasoul Taghian 211kg C&J

September 3, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran … Here are Kianoush Rostami’s & Rasoul Taghian’s lifts from the same competition Behdad did 215kg at. He Snatched 172 (x177) and Clean & Jerked 212kg. As you may have seen in the update to the last post, Kianoush and Rasoul were selected to represent Iran in the 85kg at the upcoming Asian […]

Behdad Salimi 215kg Snatch Update Bahador Moulaei 261kg Clean

September 1, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran … Behdad Salimi Snatched 215kg in a competition between weightlifters in the national camp to determine the top 8 for the Asian Games. I am told his lifts were: Snatch: 206, 212 and 215kg Clean & Jerk: 250, 260 Also Bahador Moulaei was seen limping off the platform with injury (195 + 245, […]

Ilya Ilyin 2014 Progress Tracker Spreadsheet

August 29, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Let’s stalk track Ilya Ilyin’s progress during his 2014 build up. A while ago I had the idea to keep track of Ilya’s progress. So for each of his videos I started to enter the biggest lifts into a spreadsheet. This thing will be updated along the way. Download: Link to the spreadsheet. Go to File […]

Almas Uteshov 230kg Clean & Jerk

August 29, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Another “Big Friday” and you know what that means, right? Team KAZ is going all out. Here is Almas Uteshov (94kg, Silver at 2013 Worlds with 175 + 222) from whom we don’t often get to see training footage, with a 230kg Clean & Jerk. Almas is on the team that […]

Lu Yong 178kg Snatch (Summer 2013) Update 185kg

August 29, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile Last Summer in China … Here’s a clip of Lu Yong Snatching 178kg. The other day I asked the uploader about his whereabouts. He said that those clips of him are from summer 2013 and that: “He was chubby and fighting a knee injury.” Coincidentally, 178kg was also Lu’s last Snatch in competition (at London 2012). Update: […]

Ilya Ilyin 242kg Clean & Jerk

August 29, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Kazakhstan … Kilogram by Kilogram Ilya Ilyin inches towards world domination. Last week 241kg, now a 242 Clean & Jerk which is not only a comeback, but an all time PR for him. See his comeback progress with the Ilya Progress Tracker Spreadsheet. Update 12.09.2014: New Video from the Front

Kianoush Rostami 190kg Power Clean & Jerk

August 29, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Iran … Kianoush Rostami (85kg) Power Clean & Jerks 190kg. I guess when you can do 220kg Clean & Jerks, 190kg feels like a PVC pipe. Two weeks ago, in the first meet of the Iranian League, he went 175 + 205 (missing 215). Behdad Salimi did a rather easy 210 + 254, Rasoul […]

Mohamed Ehab 140kg Power Snatch

August 28, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Egypt … Nobody Power Snatches 140kg quite like the Egyptian Lion Mohamed Ehab (69kg). He also uploaded a 160kg Power Clean & Jerk, but he has done 168kg before. Update 01.03.2015: 147kg Power Snatch https://allthingsgym.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mohamed-ehab-140kg-power-snatch.mp4 Video on Facebook More Mohamed: All Mohamed Ehab Posts on ATG 190kg Clean & Jerk Barbell Broad Jumps

Chingiz Mogushkov 213kg Snatch 2014 Russian Championships

August 24, 2014 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … at the 2014 Russian National Weightlifting Championships. Chingiz Mogushkov outdid himself. First Alexey Lovchev set a new Russian Record with a 212kg Snatch. Then Chingiz countered with 213kg. His lifts: Snatch: 201, 207, 213kg for a new Russian Record! Clean & Jerk: 241, x253, x255 He also won the weigh-in! Bodyweight: 193.2kg […]