Here is 19 year old super heavyweight Darius Jokarzadeh from Cardiff breaking the Welsh GB u20 and u23 Clean & Jerk record with 190kg .
Acording to Stuart, who shared this with me, he is
145kg and used to be a rower but had to switch to OL after sinking his boat! Narrowly missed out on London 2012 selection
Update:
It was announced that it was u20 and u23 record, but think it is a senior Welsh record too, as previous best was 145kg by Terry Purdue (who i think was coaching someone at the competition). the jerk of 190kg matches Welsh record (also set by Terry Purdue), but is a new u20 and u23 record. I imagine it’s a new total record too. I think it was 8 records in all!
First the 160kg Snatch
190kg Clean & Jerk
Thanks to Stuart for sharing.
That is one big human being.
It was announced that it was u20 and u23 record, but think it is a senior welsh record too, as previous best was 145kg by Terry Purdue (who i think was coaching someone at the competition). the jerk of 190kg matches welsh record (also set by Terry Purdue), but is a new u20 and u23 record. I imagine it’s a new total record too. i think it was 8 records in all! look out for him in the future!
Thanks Stuart, definitely one to look out for in the future.
the clean and jerk is also a GB record at u20 and u23 as well
is this supposed to be a competition? i mean you cant see were the platform ends, a guy sits right in his face and hes not wearing a singlet.
This was a small internal competition at a newly affiliated BWLA club, that is primarily a CrossFit gym. There was about 20 athletes with about 5 from outside the gym. The “platform” was marked out clearly with white tape and was clearly visible, though maybe not in this video. The “guy” is 1 of 3 judges and was about 10 feet from the end of the marked platform. Most of the athletes were competiting in their first competitions so dont own singlets, Darius does own a singlet and when he competes in other events I’m sure he wears it!
Hot!!