Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Brisbane, Australia ... Why don't I post more Powerlifting videos? Because few are as awesome as the following. Nauruan Squat monster Jezza Ueapa gets a 400kg Squat. Raw, i.e. no wraps. We last saw him do a 320kg Front … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in the US ... After his 190kg Snatch Patrick Mendes wrote "I'll squat whatever it takes to lift 192/220". A 310kg Squat (comeback PR) should get him closer to that goal. The other day he also squatted 295kg x2, which, when you plug it … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Korea ... at the 2014 Asian Games. Zhou Lulu, who already showed that she was in top form at the Chinese test event 2 months ago, just broke Tatiana Kashirina's +75kg Clean & Jerk World Record (190kg). She weighed in at … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Korea .. at the World Record Breaking Festival 2014 Asian Games. Here are all lifts from Behdad Salimi. Snatch: He opened with 200kg. Then did 210kg for an easy second attempt. He tried 215kg for a new World Record, but missed it … [Continue reading]
Those were the weightlifting sessions at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. It rained world records like it's 1980 again. I hoped you enjoyed ATG's coverage of the event. Thanks to everybody who helped out. Useful Links: Start List … [Continue reading]
Time for Aleksey Lovchev's "On Par" interview with Dmitry Klokov. Translation Status: Completed! Big thanks go to Vadim Pakhutkin & Sergiy Turchyn who tackled this one. Just as he did in his other "On Par" Interviews, Dmitry did a great job … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Korea ... at the 2014 Asian Games. Another day another world record. Today it was the Nadezhda Evstyukhina's 163kg that fell victim to the North Korean Super Powers. Unju Kim (NK) Clean & Jerked 164kg at 75kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Korea at the 2014 Asian Games. The 85kg session was quite a spectacle! We even had got an amazing HD stream. Kianoush Rostami Snatched 172kg, Sa Jae-Hyouk got 171kg (skipped his 3rd) and later bombed in the Clean & Jerk (x207, … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Korea ... at the 2014 Asian Games. Here are Lu Xiaojun's lifts from the 77kg Session: It started out pretty normal. He went 3/3 in the Snatch with 165, 170 and 175. All lifts very solid. In the Clean & Jerk however he missed … [Continue reading]