Best of Olympic Weightlifting
After you saw him squat up to 260kg during his morning session, here is 19 year old Fares Elbakh's (85kg junior world champ, Qatar, @mesohassona) afternoon session from the same day. He arrived in a good mood, wanting to clean & jerk 210kg (his … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Azerbaijan ... 21 year old Dadas Dadashbeyli (~105kg) squats 320kg! His four year ban from the 2015 worlds will end on 21.12.2019. More: Watch Team Azerbaijan's Heavy Training Session at Worlds 2015! 320 kg A post shared by @ … [Continue reading]
Here is 19 year old Fares Elbakh (@mesohassona, 85kg jr. world champ) squatting up to 260kg during a morning session at junior worlds 2017. Later in the afternoon he returned for his big clean and jerk session (video here). Also as mentioned in the … [Continue reading]
Check out "The Champ Camp", a short documentary about how weightlifting is helping kids in Palestine's largest refugee camp in Jordan - Al Baqa'a. By introducing Jordan's first weightlifting school in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the … [Continue reading]
Hookgrip visited Ilya Ilyin in Boston the other week and filmed his "Big Thursday" training. Ilya worked up to a 170kg Snatch and 215kg Clean & Squat Jerk. … [Continue reading]
Here is Rebeka Koha's last heavier training before becoming 2017 junior world champion. This was her first training session after arriving in Tokyo, 2 days out from competition. Workout: Snatch up 90kg (she snatched 99kg later in comp) … [Continue reading]
It's time for the 2017 edition of the Russian national weightlifting championships. When: 1.08 - 06.06.2017 Useful Links Results Men (PDF) Results Women (PDF) Recordings Next Sessions Competition Over Highlights 63kg: … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Iran ... Sohrab Moradi (94kg Olympic champ) snatches 190kg! More: Watch his 200kg Snatch + 240kg Clean & Jerk in Training. A post shared by Sohrab Moradi (@sohrab.moradiii) on Aug 4, 2017 at 2:49am PDT @sohrab.moradiii … [Continue reading]
Meanwhile in Kazakhstan ... Denis Ulanov (85kg) Clean and Jerks 215kg. He competes next at the 2017 Universiade in Taipei. Толчок 215 кг A post shared by Denis Ulanov (@denis__ulanov_) on Aug 1, 2017 at 10:20am PDT … [Continue reading]