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Rebeka Koha 99kg Snatch + 120kg Clean & Jerk 2017 Junior World Champion

June 25, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile at Junior Worlds … Rebeka Koha did it! She had a perfect meet, going 6/6 with all new PRs. Snatch: 93kg, 96kg, 99kg Clean & Jerk: 111kg, 117kg, 120kg 99kg Snatch 120kg Clean & Jerk

Simon Martirosyan 235kg Clean & Jerk + 246kg Junior World Record Attempt

June 23, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Tokyo … 2017 Junior Worlds finished with a bang! After clean and jerking 235kg (a 5kg competition PR!) 20 year old Simon Martirosyan took a shot at Saeid Alihosseini’s junior clean and jerk world record (245kg). Even though he missed the bounce he had no trouble standing up with 246kg. Simon weighed in […]

Huang Ting 105kg Snatch + 135kg Clean & Jerk 2017 Junior World Champion

June 20, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile at Junior Worlds 2017 … 105kg Snatch by 18 year old Huang Ting (63kg, China ??)! Together with her 135kg clean and jerk she became 2017 junior world champion! So far she has placed first at every international competition she participated in: 2015 Youth Worlds 2016 Asian Juniors 2017 Junior Worlds More: Huang Ting going […]

2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships

June 19, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Not too long until it’s time for the 2017 Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Tokyo. Sold a kidney to make the travel happen. Body holds up fine ? When: 16.06 – 23.06.2017 Update 15.06.2017: Start List (PDF). Useful Links Start List Results Men Recordings Live Stream Live Scoreboard Next Sessions Competition is over News Update 21.06.2017: […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Program: Only 7 Men’s Categories & Removal 90/90+ Women

June 9, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Via olympic.org comes this news: “Reduction of one men’s weight category” Which they don’t say yet. “Reduction of 64 athletes and reach gender balance”. This PDF says: “Seven weight categories to be confirmed” for men. For women it lists the old ones, i.e. before the 90 and 90+ were introduced. Thanks to everybody who sent […]

Deng Wei 120kg Hang Snatch

June 9, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in China … Deng Wei (63kg Olympic champ) snatching 120kg from the hang! (Click right arrow in the player. It’s the 3rd post.) A post shared by Diane Fu (@dianefu) on Jun 6, 2017 at 8:01pm PDT 115kg Hang Snatch

Mart Seim Assistance Exercise Session 2017 Europeans Training Hall

June 6, 2017 By Gregor Winter

Here is Mart Seim with an assistance exercise session in the 2017 Europeans training hall. Just a light session, four days before competing (246kg Clean & Jerk!). 110kg Muscle Snatch 130kg x3 Strict Press (Watch him do 140kg x9 here) 180kg Snatch Pull 70kg Barbell Curls with reverse grip Wrist Curls More: Watch his 400kg Squat […]

Ritvars Suharevs Last Heavy Training before 2017 Europeans

June 4, 2017 By Gregor Winter

After Rebeka Koha’s Last heavy Session before competing, here is 18 year old Ritvars Suharevs getting his last heavier session in after arriving in Split. This was filmed the same day as Rebeka’s heavy session, but in the afternoon. Ritvars’ Workout: Snatch up to 150kg Clean and Jerk up to 170kg Snatch Pulls 150kg Back Squats […]

Rebeka Koha Last Heavy Training before 2017 Europeans

June 1, 2017 By Gregor Winter

After you saw her first training session at Europeans 2017, here is Rebeka Koha’s last heavy session before competing. This was her morning (like 11:00) session, 2 days out. In the afternoon she trained again with Ritvars. Rebeka’s Workout: Snatches up to 88kg Clean & Jerks up to 105kg Clean Pulls Back Squats up to […]