Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in Russia ... 18 year old Antoniy Savchuk (+105kg) squats 310kg. In the 2014 Russian Cup (videos here) he did 184+231 and recently in the Russian Junior championships he went 180+225 (not taking 3d attempts). For comparison, in … [Continue reading]
Blast from the past ... This one is from the 1984 Friendship Cup. Stefan Topurov, the first man who clean & jerked triple bodyweight in competition, with a 185kg C&J. Thanks to Chris for sending this in. Also check out the other vids … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Egypt ... Here's another assistance exercise from Mohamed Ehab's endless supply. He does high rep Barbell Rows on a Glut Ham Developer (GHD) for some extra back tension. Post by Mohamed Ehab. Also watch his 190kg … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Poland ... 20 year old Rustem Sybay (KAZ) from team Ilya, gets a 208kg Clean & Jerk. A month ago I asked him about his bodyweight which was 90kg then. He still aims to compete in the 85kg. Update 24.05.2014: 215kg Clean … [Continue reading]
(Originally posted March 22, 2014. See Updates) Meanwhile in Russia ... Still only 19 years old Artem Okulov gets a 190kg Hang Snatch! Update: I asked Artem about his weight. He was 88kg in the video! Update: Jump to the interview … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... 22 year old Oxana Karpunenko (75kg) gets a 155kg Clean & Jerk. She was the 2012 European U23 Champion and will lift in the 2014 Europeans 75kg, where she has the second highest entry total (245kg vs Lidia Valentin's … [Continue reading]
You have probably heard about the situation in Ukraine/ Crimea. If you didn't know, Artem Ivanov (94kg) is Crimean. So the question was: What happens to the weightlifters living there? Last week Sergey Syrtsov, president of the Russian … [Continue reading]
Here are some Weightlifting Statistics for 2000-2012 Olympics. This spreadsheet was created by reader Matjus. I spent ages trying to find something like this so ultimately I thought I'd just make it myself. Hopefully someone will find it … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Russia ... Gennady Muratov gets a very easy 200kg Power Clean & Jerk. He and Alexey Lovchev will represent Russia in the +105 at Europeans. Also watch his 200kg Snatch Pull + Snatch. More Heavy Power Clean: Behdad … [Continue reading]