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The best weightlifting videos, articles and interviews from around the web.

Tatiana Kashirina 143kg, 148kg, x152kg Snatches 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

December 22, 2016 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 Worlds … Here are Tatiana Kashirina’s 143kg, 148kg Snatches (and 152kg miss) at 108.19kg. More: Interview with Tatiana.

Weightlifting News: New Head Coaches in Russia

December 22, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Russia … After electing a new president (Maxim Agapitov) last month, today the Russian weightlifting executive committee appointed their new head coaches. The men’s team will be lead by 1988 Olympic champion (100kg) Pavel Kuznetsov. On the women’s side we have 1976 Olympic champion (60kg) Nikolai Kolesnikov, who previously was the head coach […]

Team Ecuador Youth Worlds Training Hall

December 21, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is team Ecuador training 2 days before Youth Worlds 2016. Featuring 16 year old Angie Dajomes, who later snatched 101kg (at 66kg!), improvised Back Extensions, Snatches, Front and Back Squats, Power Cleans, Clean & Jerks as well as some jumps.

Kianoush Rostami 214kg Clean & Jerk + 218kg Attempt 2015 Worlds

December 19, 2016 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 Worlds … Here is Kianoush Rostami’s 214kg Clean & Jerk and 218kg attempt. Still mind boggling how he missed the 218kg. More: Watch his 173kg Snatch here 85kg Warm Up Area Videos

Karen Avagyan Training Session at Youth Worlds

December 18, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here is a training session with 17 year old Karen Avagyan (81.6kg, Armenia). Karen won European Youth Championships a couple of weeks before that, going 150 + 180 at 82.12kg. He had to cut his session short that day because he wasn’t training at his designated time slot (you can see team Korea walking in). […]

Improvised Back Extensions

December 17, 2016 By Gregor Winter

No GHD, No Problem … Here are improvised Back Extensions performed by Julián Ribera and Mathias Llerena in the youth worlds training hall. More: Simon Martirosyan doing the same variation.

Dmytro Chumak 185kg Snatch

December 16, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Meanwhile in Ukraine … Dmytro Chumak (94kg) snatching 185kg! Assuming this is pre Rio 2016. Snatch 185kg/407lb A video posted by Dmytro Chumak (@dmitryichumak) on Dec 16, 2016 at 2:49am PST

Kim Kwang Song 171kg Snatch 2015 World Weightlifting Championships

December 15, 2016 By Gregor Winter

From the 2015 Worlds … Kim Kwang Song (77kg, North Korea) snatching 171kg! One of the few 77kg 170kg+ snatchers in the past years. He tested positive after this (ban ends 21.12.2019). More: Team North Korea Squatting in the Training Hall Team North Korea Full Training Session

Team China Morning Session Clips 2015 Worlds Training Hall

December 14, 2016 By Gregor Winter

Here are some clips from team China during a morning session at the 2015 world championships. (Lu Xiaojun and Tian Tao did their Front / Back Squat session in the afternoon that day) Featuring: Deng Mengrong, Jiang Huihua, Wu Jingbiao, Shi Zhiyong, Su Ying, Deng Wei Contents: warm up Deng Mengrong doing Snatch Fast Pulls / Panda […]