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Stefan Botev 200kg Snatch

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Thanks to Roberto who keeps the Bulgarians 1988 clips coming. We continue with Stefan Botev and a 200kg Snatch (? 3 big reds + 1 slimmer 15kg?). Also check out this article (Update: original article was removed.) about Botev where he talks about modifying his Bulgarian-ish training to accommodate for his age. Mixing in more exercises and shortening training sessions. I have another system not as […]

London 2012 Olympics Weightlifting Torrents

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If you don’t want to wait 4 years until all the London 2012 weightlifting recordings will be uploaded to YouTube or don’t want to stream them from the BBC then mother Russia has you covered. Torrent site rutracker.org has most the sessions (Good Quality, but in Russian). You need to register first though. But thanks […]

Syrtsov on Klokov & Akkaev

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A reader submitted this article where Sergey Syrtsov, president of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, discusses Slivenko, Klokov and Akkaev. Syrtsov’s finds some pretty harsh words: “Даже не так обидно с Аккаевым, потому что ему действительно была проведена операция уже в Лондоне, а Клоков и Сливенко очень сильно подвели команду.” Translation: The situation is not as sorry with […]

David Rigert Profile

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Get a glimpse into the mind of David Rigert. Vladimir, who already put subtitles in the Klokov & Akkaev training camp video, just finished translating the David Rigert profile video. Thanks for putting in the work Vladimir!

Ilya Ilyin London 233kg Clean & Jerk World Record 2012 Olympics

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Here are some nice recordings of Ilya’s lifts as seen from the audience (by @EamonnFlanagan). Love the atmosphere. People will talk about these lifts for decades. Scenes from the streets of Kazakhstan And another one from the training hall. 165kg Snatch. This would lend itself to some Kinova bar path action. Update: gif with bar path, slower […]