Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in the US ... Powerlifter Damien Pezzuti Squats 300kg at 89kg! His first mention on ATG was on February 2013 when he squatted 247kg (545lbs) at 77kg. 300kg / 660 Squat. No belt. 195.6 BW. Scale is moving up, which is my goal. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Currently the Russian Junior Championships (U21) are underway in Volgograd. The 69kg category was dominated by now 17 year old Vyacheslav Yarkin. 148kg Snatch (at 4:28:00) 171kg Clean & Jerk (at … [Continue reading]
Here is a clip from last year when Hookgrip was on a visit in China. A Jerk training session last summer in a Chinese university training hall. The coach is Jin Jiangtao, a former Junior World Champion in the 62kg class. He snatched 151kg @ 69kg … [Continue reading]
Previously in the 2014 Worlds Training Hall ... Deng Wei (63kg World Champion) Squatting 160kg x2. This was 5 days out from competition and the heaviest weight for her that day. She did at least 3 sets with that weight (that I saw). Before that … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Mohamed Ehab Power Snatches 147kg. Since he catches it pretty low this is only 10kg below his Snatch PR of 157kg. Post by Mohamed Ehab Olympic Lifter. Shortly after he posted this 30 second, 120kg Snatch Old in the … [Continue reading]
From the 2014 World Championships... Here is Tan Yayun's (48kg) 85kg Gold Medal Snatch. Her competition PR is 93kg, set at the 2013 Chinese National Games. More: Her 150kg Jerk Dips in the Training Hall (Video also on Facebook and … [Continue reading]
Previously in the 2014 World Championships Training Hall ... Liao Hui (69kg) with a 235kg Squat x2 Yep, that|s a pretty big Squat, but if you read his interview you know that his all time best is 280kg. More: Watch his 166kg Snatch World … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Quick update from the 2013 Junior World Champion Razmik Unanyan (77kg, 21 y/o). 165kg x2 Snatch off Blocks + 260kg x2 Squat PS: Currently he weighs 79kg. 165x2 Snatch A video posted by @razmik94 on Feb 25, 2015 … [Continue reading]
Previously at the 2014 Asian Games. Zhang Wanqiong (53kg, China) sets the new Junior Snatch World Record with 102kg at 53kg. Same weight she snatched at Chinese nationals. Zhang Wanqiong's (53kg, China) Junior Snatch World Recrod of … [Continue reading]