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Kakhi Kakhiashvili 188kg Snatch World Record

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*9th April 2015 – Update* Ironmind has uploaded Kakhi’s Snatch Series in HD! World Record Wednesdays. After Jon North’s 166kg American record snatch in the 94kg class here Kakhi Kakhiashvili with his still standing 188kg Snatch World Record. Lifted at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. Here are 3 big lifts from that competition. Mutlu’s (56kg) 137.5kg snatch Boevski’s (69kg) […]

Kakhi Kakhiashvili 1992 Olympics Barcelona Gold

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Frank Rothwell just added the men’s 90 kg video of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona to his ever growing Olympic lifting video library. Kakhi Kakhiashvili’s battle with Serguei Syrtsov. What a difference 200 grams make. Name Body Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg) 1 2 3 1 2 3 Kakhi Kakhiashvili 89.25 170.0 175.0 177.5 220.0 […]

238kg Clean & Jerk World Record by David Bedzhanyan

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21-year old Russian (former Armenian) David Bedzhanyan set a new official Clean and Jerk World Record in the 105kg category at the 2011 President’s Cup (complete results here). New World Record: 238kg (2kg less than in his unofficial 240 kg C&J WR at the 2011 Russian Cup.) Update: Read David’s Interview on ATG. He snatched 183kg and C&J 238kg for a total […]

David Bedzhanyan 240kg Clean & Jerk

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Update: Here is his New Official World Record C&J at 238kg. New unofficial 105kg Clean and Jerk World Record by David Bejanyan (or Bedzhanyan?, Давид Беджанян). 240kg Clean and Jerk lifted at the 2011 Russian Cup St. Petersbubrg. More here. He went 5/6 with 185 190 193х 225 235 240. That’s 3kg more than Alan Tsagaev’s previous WR. Update 22.08.2014: […]