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Akkaev Wants to Lift in London

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Update: It’s official. No Akkaev in the 105kg. This just in. Khadzhimurat Akkaev wants to lift in London despit the doctors telling him not to. Russia’s weighlifting gold medal favorite Khadzhimurat Akkaev is ready to risk his health to take part in the Olympic competitions just four days after having surgery, he told R-Sport on […]

+75kg Women 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Women’s +75kg of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube Join the Live Chat for the other sessions at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Both the Chinese and the Russian opened above the current Olympic record. Tatiana Kashirina breaks the current World Record twice, finishes the snatches […]

Akkaev Comments on his Injury and Future

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Update: So apparently he wants to lift! Khadzhimurat Akkaev comments on his current situation and future plans after missing out on London 2012. Update: Read Akkaev’s 2014 Interview on ATG. Google translated interview is still rough. Please correct the things it butchered. Akkaev: But, honestly, I have little doubt tormented, which may bring health. And as […]

Ukrainian Dropouts – Udachyn, Cherniavska Out

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After Artem Ivanov dropping out due to injury here comes more bad news from the Ukrainian team. Svitlana Cherniavska (+75 kg) and failed to recover after an injury she suffered a month before the Olympics. Artem Udachyn (+105 kg) suffered a knee injury during one of hist last training sessions. The only representative of Ukraine […]

94kg Men 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 94kg (see B Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Stream: will be here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Update: Official Recordings on YouTube We had a Live Chat for each session at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Update: Ilya’s lifts as seen from the audience. Scenes from the streets of Kazakhstan Ilya Ilyin’s 233kg World Record Clean & […]

94kg Men B Group 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The Men’s 94kg B Group (A Group here) of the London 2012 Olympics is over. BBC Recordings: here (I use a VPN to watch the BBC Streams) Join the Live Chat for the other sessions at allthingsgym.com/chat/ Snatch: Tomasz Bernard Zielinski (Adrian’s younger brother) leads the snatch by lighter bodyweight. Both, he and Aliaksandr Makaranka snatched 175kg Clean & Jerk: Thomasz Zielinski takes it […]

Dmitry Klokov Out of Olympics

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As if Akkaev dropping out of the Olympics (Update: Akkaev may lift) wasn’t bad enough, here we go with more bad news … Russian weightlifter Dmitry Klokov has withdrawn from the Olympics for unspecified medical reasons, the country’s sports minister said Saturday. Vitaly Mutko announced Saturday the 29-year-old athlete would not be able to compete, but did […]