Frank Rothwell posted this blast from the past.
Leonid Taranenko’s 267.5kg World Record Clean & Jerk attempt at the 1988 in Cardiff.
See his 266kg C&J here.
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Frank Rothwell posted this blast from the past.
Leonid Taranenko’s 267.5kg World Record Clean & Jerk attempt at the 1988 in Cardiff.
See his 266kg C&J here.
I was very lucky to see Taranenko jerking 255 kg in Budapest in 1990.
I was very lucky to see Taranenko jerking 255 kg in Budapest in 1990.
I don’t think it was in france. The sign reads cardiff
Yeah, even though wiki says the 66th Europeans were in France… odd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Weightlifting_Championships
why did he not go to seoul?
allegedly he had pneumonia
Great to see that again. I was there that day. Thanks for sharing 🙂
That is great 🙂
I was sitting with Frank throughout those champs. First time I’ve ever seen anything on film from it . Brilliant ! I believe Taranenko’s clean is the greatest ever in competition …. or elsewhere ? That was the last ‘full’ championships with ever-increasing weights before it all ‘blew-up’ late in the week at Seoul ! Levandovski (RIP) was drafted in late for Kurlovich and snatched 210 !
loaders just forgot about the 20 kg discs haha. sick seeing the bar bend so much when he racks it!
I found this interesting interview of leonid taranenko. here’s the link http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/sportivny/library/news/nv005.html