Best of Olympic Weightlifting
This week featured the 2015 Russian Cup. (2014 Russian Cup here). Unfortunately there was no live stream this year, but below are some of the highlights. Results PDFs: Men / Women Update: Unfortunately most of the instagram videos I embedded … [Continue reading]
From the 2014 World Championships Training Hall. Junior World Record Holder Tian Tao (85kg) does Floating Snatch Grip Deadlifts. He did those 2 days out from competition at the end of his training, doing sets with 70, 110, and 130kg. Read … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Quick check in with Vyacheslav Yarkin. Now 17 year old and at 72kg bodyweight, he Snatches 145kg and Jerks 193kg from the rack. Update 02.02.2015: He snatched 150kg! Timeline: 140kg Snatch + 170kg Clean off … [Continue reading]
Previously in Iran ... In May 2014 Behdad Salimi Cleaned 265kg and missed the Jerk. More: Bahador Moulaei's 264kg Clean (Missed Jerk) Behdad's 260kg Clean & Jerk Behdad's 215kg Snatch … [Continue reading]
Here's Lydia Valentin's 124kg Snatch Almaty 2014 World Championships. With Kim Unju (North Korea) testing positive this should bump this lift into Bronze medal territory. For best quality choose 1080p50 in the settings. (Video also on … [Continue reading]
What has Clarence Kennedy been up to? Update 22.03.2015: 205kg Clean & Jerk video added at the bottom of the interview. … [Continue reading]
Previously in China ... Li Ping's (53kg, China) still standing 103kg Snatch World Record at the 2010 Asian Games. She Clean & Jerked 127 here for a 230kg Total. Update: She snatched 104kg at the 2012 Chinese Nationals. A year … [Continue reading]
Persian speakers, the weightlifting world needs your yelp. If you can help translating / summarizing parts of it, that would be great. I am sure Behdad has some interesting things to say. First Summary thanks to PersianPT: The most … [Continue reading]
Hookgrip got his hands on some 2012 Asian Championships footage. Previously I only posted a couple of clips of Behdad Salimi. So it's nice to see how the 85kg guys performed … [Continue reading]