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Weightlifting News – Angry Taranenko, Broke Albania, Brazil & Boevski

January 13, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Belarus axed their head coach. We heard the frustration Andrei Aramnau had with old coach (Alexander Goncharov). Turns out he was not the only one who was fed up with him. Now Leonid Taranenko chimed in and wrote an angry letter. On the positive doping test of a BLR teenager: The question is: how did the […]

Igor Lukanin 280kg Squat for 3 Reps

January 12, 2013 By Gregor Winter

A quick update from Igor Lukanin (who is still looking for a nation he can lift for). 280kg Squats 3 for Reps.

2011 Worlds Behind the Scenes

January 10, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Miika Antti-Roiko uploaded a clip from the 2011 World Championships. Some training hall goodness from Behdad Salimi (missing a 250kg C&J). Aleksandr Ivanov and more.

Richard Patterson YouTube Channel

January 10, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Subscribe to the YouTube Channel of New Zealand’s Olympian, Richie Patterson (85kg). He already has some nice clips up and hopefully more to come. 250kg Squat and some jumps. 160kg Snatch 235kg Front Squat (he also did 240kg here)

Gennady Muratov 200kg Snatch Attempt

January 9, 2013 By Gregor Winter

I wonder how many 200kg snatchers Russia has produced in the last 10 years… Here is Gennady Muratov (105kg) attempting it. Looks like he easily got this.

News from the International Weightlifting Bazaar

January 8, 2013 By Gregor Winter

And Azerbeijan’s & Bulgaria’s love story continues. Azerbaijan demands 100000 Euros for Ivan Stoitsov’s and Velichko Cholakov’s return to Bulgaria. Of course, as always, women are more expensive. So it comes to no surprise that they want 400000 Euros for Ivan’s girlfriend and 5th place finisher in London, Boyanka Kostova. The Bulgarian Weightlifting president (BTW, they […]

Jerk Dips by Female Chinese Weightlifters

January 7, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Once again the saying Somewhere in China there is a little girl warming up with your max. turns out to be accurate. 200kg! Update: reddit comment by olympic_lifter: They’re probably not focused on the power portion of it, just building the strength to stay tight. It’s also a relatively low-fatigue exercise, […]