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Antoniy Savchuk 310kg Squat + 325kg Deadlift

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Meanwhile in Russia … 18 year old Antoniy Savchuk (+105kg) squats 310kg. In the 2014 Russian Cup (videos here) he did 184+231 and recently in the Russian Junior championships he went 180+225 (not taking 3d attempts). For comparison, in 2008 when Ruslan Albegov (then 19) lifted in the Russian junior championships he did 172+221.

Artem Okulov 190kg, 180kg x2 Hang Snatch *Updated* with Interview

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(Originally posted March 22, 2014. See Updates) Meanwhile in Russia … Still only 19 years old Artem Okulov gets a 190kg Hang Snatch! Update: I asked Artem about his weight. He was 88kg in the video! Update: Jump to the interview below. Just for reference: the 94kg Snatch World Record still stands at 188kg. Simply amazing. Also […]

Oxana Karpunenko 155kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Russia … 22 year old Oxana Karpunenko (75kg) gets a 155kg Clean & Jerk. She was the 2012 European U23 Champion and will lift in the 2014 Europeans 75kg, where she has the second highest entry total (245kg vs Lidia Valentin’s 255kg). In the past comps she competed at 80kg, so we will see […]

Weightlifting News: Artem Ivanov (Crimean) gets Russian Passport

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You have probably heard about the situation in Ukraine/ Crimea. If you didn’t know, Artem Ivanov (94kg) is Crimean. So the question was: What happens to the weightlifters living there? Last week Sergey Syrtsov, president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, told a news site that Ukrainian athletes will be able to participate in the Russian […]

Weightlifting Statistics for 2000-2012 Olympics

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Here are some Weightlifting Statistics for 2000-2012 Olympics. This spreadsheet was created by reader Matjus. I spent ages trying to find something like this so ultimately I thought I’d just make it myself. Hopefully someone will find it interesting. What I found interesting was that it was in fact the higher weight classes who had […]