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Sohrab Moradi (94kg) 200kg Snatch + 240kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Iran …

Sohrab Moradi (94kg) Clean & Jerks 240kg.

I also saw a huge snatch video, which he hopefully releases soon 🙂

Update: and here it is… the 200kg Snatch video!

Also it should be noted that he is around 96kg here (that’s what the coach told us).

Update: Thanks to JJ in the comments.

Let me explain the situation, he is not automatically retired, the Iranian weighlifting federation (under Rezazadeh) made him retired without notifying him ! now Rezazadeh is gone and the new federation wasn’t aware of that, when they wanted to submit his name for Asian Championship, they found out the whole story.

They are trying to convince IWF that was just a mistake but he can’t participate in Houston because of that 6-month period. and now they are worry about his participatiion in Rio. cuz per new rules you have two compete in two official competitions before the Olympcics, he will participate in Asian Championship next year but that’s it. there is no IWF Grand Prix YET in IWF calendar.

So that explains the sudden release of those videos …

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Comments

      • Luc Lapierre says

        That record’s got to go. It’s ripe, and either one of the big Kazakh 94’s or the Lithuanian gentleman can get it. Also the 85 C&J record. I’m going out on a limb and saying that Okulov will be the one to do it.

  2. Jan says

    FINALLY some lifts that bring back the memories from the 80s. I competed in the 80s and even though the conditions are not the same today I can’t help comparing the current lifts to the all time best lifts of the 80s. No matter what the current records are I always think back to Vardanian’s 400 kg in 82.5, his 190+228 @ 85.7 kg bodyweight (same snatch as Iliyin at 20 kg lighter bodyweigh), Zakharevich 200+240 in 100, 210 snatch in 110, Blagoev snatch 196 kg in 90 etc.

    FINALLY!

        • Kawi says

          And what makes Vardanian all the more remarkable is his unorthodox(– at least according to the Soviet school — snatch technique, Note that the bar makes no contact with the pakh (groin, or just above the groin) area. And yet he set world records. Absolutely phenomenal athlete. But I still don’t get how he could snatch so mch. Does anyone else have technique like his? Did his son snatch this way?

          • Rick says

            Vardanians technique was incredible! Yes; his son does Snatch like him

    • Tom Bennett says

      Eh? Aramnauv did 200kg/236 at 105kg….and the lifts were at Olympics and EASY. Too bad he disappeared.

  3. truthseeker says

    with those lifts, he might as well just compete in the 105. he would break the world record… if he is actually 96 kg in the videos.

  4. GHM says

    With no due respect this guy is a big cheat and well known not to be able to perform under pressure (removed from his vitamins). He has performed like world beater in Asian competitions but basically bombed in world/Olympics events. I think Gregor can check this but I believe he was cut twice by IWF drug agency and not eligible for Olympics.

        • Adam Garmon says

          Thanks to Sohrab for showing up this day, ripping this weight of the floor, and sharing it with us. Thanks to Gregor for putting this site together making weightlifting stupid easy to follow.

        • Luc Lapierre says

          I’m not sure he meant that as a dig; 180+225 is obviously a monster total for a 94. No one is expected to hit their training maxes anyway.

    • Sina S says

      He banned for 2 years and now is free .He will compete in Houston , so you and the others will see he is a big cheat or something else.

    • PersianPT says

      Having spent a lifetime in the Gym and being around people who take steroids or performance enhancing compounds both for armature/personal gain and professional competitions, it becomes quite apparent that nearly everybody in this weightlifting sport is most likely on such steroids, the signs are pretty obvious if you know how to look for them. Do what you like, just don’t get caught. Its that simple. Life is not fair, do you expect sports competitions to be fair? I am not condoning the act of taking steroids in sports, just rather stating a sad reality of sports competitions in general that has just grown since its foundations in the 1940-50’s.

  5. Shakeel says

    The world weightlifting federation have notified the Iranian federation that they can’t use him when they submitted his name for the Asian championships.

    Based on previous ban. The world federation have him listed as a retired lifter. They are appealing.

  6. Lifter says

    Greg, I’m sorry it is not only about appreciating big lifts.

    Rules are rules and results can not be compared if the same rules are not followed.
    It would be like allowing formule 1 cars race in a touring car racing competitions and then say “appreciate how fast the guy is driving no matter the different car”.
    Yes it is a big lift, but it is difficult to know how big. Nobody knows the bodyweight, nor the circumstances so it remains to be confimed in international competition how good. That is the only place where results are delivered in same conditions (theoretically).

    And if I understand right then he is not banned anymore, BUT the rules are that a lifter has to anounce his international come-back a few months before and fill in his whereabouts for doping control purposes. He didn’t do and so the IWF can not accept him competing.
    It means he will probably not be allowed to compete in Houston and he has no chance to compete in Rio as well.

    That would be the reason he will retire…

  7. Stefan says

    From the rough translation of the news article it looks like after he tested positive in 2013 he became classified as a retired athlete (not sure if this happens automatically, or if it was declared by the federation) meaning he wasn’t subject to random out-of-competition testing. Hopefully someone can correct me if I’m wrong but it looks like when an athlete returns from “retirement” they have to notify WADA 6-months in advance so they can be re-entered into the OOC testing pool. This didn’t happen, so he isn’t allowed to compete yet.

  9. JJ says

    Let me explain the situation, he is not automatically retired, the Iranian weighlifting federation (under Rezazadeh) made him retired without notifying himself ! now Rezazadeh is gone and the new federation wasn’t aware of that, when they wanted to submit his name for Asian Championship, they found out the whole story.
    They are trying to convince IWF that was just a mistake but he can’t participate in Houston because of that 6-month period. and now they are worry about his participatiion in Rio. cuz per new rules you have two compete in two official competitions before the Olympcics, he will participate in Asian Championship next year but that’s it. there is no IWF Grand Prix YET in IWF calendar.

    • Sina S says

      Iranian federation said there is another IWF Grand Prix in Iran .This is the new one only for 85,94,105,+105.Hope it works.

      And hope IWF accept that this is only a mistake.He definitely can break the world records in 94.at least the old snatch record stocked at 188 for more than 15 years.

      • JJ says

        Is there any source for that ? could not find anything about it. I hope so, but right now there is no IWF Grand Prix in IWF calendar for 2016 season.

  10. Sanjay says

    My god, that guy’s core is so huge, it looks like a fat guy’s belly.
    Insane how some people build abs that large.
    Considering that the Iranian style of training is to mostly do the classical lifts and squats four times a day, I wonder how Moradi squeezes any auxiliary lifts to do ab work. Assuming he does them at all!