Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Meanwhile in the US ... Not a week seems to go by without 17 year old Harrison Maurus (77kg) doing something crazy. This time he Clean + Front Squat + Jerks 190, then Clean & Jerks 195kg! 17 year old... PR Saturday! Hit a 190 clean+fs+jerk … [Continue reading]
Here is 19 year old Rebeka Koha's full competition, including all warm ups, at the 2017 European Junior Championships. She went 5/5, snatching 98kg and clean & jerking 115kg (skipping her third clean and jerk). She did not peak for this … [Continue reading]
A post shared by Ilya Ilyin (@ilyailyin_4ever) on Nov 1, 2017 at 3:48am PDT Ilya Ilyin gave an interview to Men's Health Kazakhstan. They touch on his recent travels, his (still ongoing) doping case, plans for future competitions, as well as … [Continue reading]
When racking the bar becomes it's own exercise ... Mart Seim squats 375kg for a double! This is a great example why it’s often a good idea to just drop the bar after finishing a set of squats. Afterwards Mart’s father (coach) said “well after that … [Continue reading]
Here is a quick training session with Daniel Godelli. During European Junior and Under 23 Championships he showed up for a couple of sessions in the training hall. His workout took maybe 30 to 35 minutes depending on whether you count the pre and … [Continue reading]
At European Juniors in Albania, hookgrip grabbed the always busy Rebeka Koha for a couple of minutes and asked her a couple of questions about her career and goals in the sport. Follow Rebeka on Instagram @rebeka_koha. More: Rebeka Koha at … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran ... After we heard about the comeback of Saeid Alihosseini the Iranian team had a competition at the end of their 3 week training camp, where some big boy weights were thrown around. Commenter PJ writes: Not a national … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Colombia ... 18 year old Yeison Lopez (77kg, Junior World Champ) snatch balances 190kg! More: Yeison's Full Warm Up + Competition at Junior Worlds Yeison Lopez in the Training Hall before Junior Worlds end of snatch. … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran ... 29 year old Saeid Alihosseini is back lifting big weights. While at a training camp with the national team he snatched 210kg and clean and jerked 250kg. After originally being banned for life for failing two doping test, his … [Continue reading]