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Tatiana Kashirina had a grand slam victory at the World Weightlifting Championship 2014 with 5 new World Records!
Her biggest competition was Meng Suping who fell short of the World Records, but got a new competition PR.
Tatiana posted 145kg as her starting weight in the Snatch, continued with 152kg to break her own world record (which she set at the London Olympics) and finished of with 155kg.
In the Clean and Jerk she started with 185kg and raised it to 193kg in order to break Zhou Lulu’s World Record, skipping her third attempt for a total of 348kg and 2 World Records in the Snatch, 1 World Record in the Clean and Jerk and 2 World Records in the Total.
Here is her 193kg Clean & Jerk
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Afterwards she said that she was initially very weak and started preparing seriously in September. Before that she worked with weights of only 50-70 kg, not more. (via)
Honestly, I did not even think that I would be in that form for the World Championships.
She also said that she was ready for the 3rd Clean & Jerk, but the head coach and her personal coach decided that 5 world records were enough that day.
Trivia:
- Her breaking her own Total world record by 14 kg (334 to 348) is the biggest margin of any broken world record in any gender since the introduction of the current weight categories in 1998.
- Kashirina is one of three lifters (either gender) currently holding all three world records in a single weight category, alongside Liu Chunhong (CHN, women’s 69kg) and Liao Hui (CHN, men’s 69kg).
More from Tatiana: Her and her Coach’s Interview
Update: Hookgrip Slow Motion of the Snatch
She’s the boss lady, and she knows it.
her technique, especially in the C&J is textbook. She is fantastic to watch.
The 155 imho should’ve been red lighted due to the left elbow buckle. Similar lifts got turned down last week. But that’s history now I guess. 🙂
The 348@106kg total also gives her the highest IWF Sinclair ever recorded (as far as I’m aware) for a female at 363. As SHW! Better for example than Chinshanlo’s 232@53kg earlier which equals 350. Using this example a 53kg lifter would need a 241 total to match Kashirina.
Just for comparison, to match Liao’s 359@69kg a 105kg lifter would need a 443 total to equal him. As far as records are concerned heavyweights beating lightweights adjusted for bodyweight is unheard of any other time.
This total and Sinclair are INSANE.
is that because the general level of female lifting isn’t as high as men historically and we’re finally getting top tier athletes?
Absolutely, both as far as records and top 3-6 averages are concerned. There’s a steady increase since women’s WL was established, unlike for men since then (1980s). The highest weight ever C&J by a women before the current classes were set was 155kg, and that’s now the snatch record. In contrast Zhan for example jerked 195.5@70 in 1997 which is still very competitive to Liao’s 198@69. It’d be very hard to impossible for an elite female lifter from back then to medal today.
Of course for the SHW it’s much more prominent since the weights are the highest, but all the lower classes feature many more increases than the men’s as well. For example, the 56kg snatch has increased five times since 1998, the 48kg fifteen times. And that pattern repeats through all classes.
I think women’s WL is going through the same motions as men’s ca. 1960-1980s. Where we are on that timeline is hard to tell, but I’d like to think late 70s. 🙂
As far as her huge Sinclair is concerned, that’s one due to her relatively low bodyweight for a SHW and two because the formula is based on the previous records, so if you shatter it by 14kg it’s inherent. If a 150kg super would smash Reza’s total by 10kg he’d beat the little guys on Sinclair as well. 😀
Lovchev might be able to do that…he’s on track for somewhere around 215/260 as a “light” 150kg SHW. He’s not going to do it by 10kg though:)
I think he even weighed in under 140kg.
Women’s super heavyweights will never get that much press, but what
Kashirina did at this meet was simply incredible. Breaking a WR by 14kg, the crazy sinclair, and there were 4 men who put up at least 348 at the 2014 US nationals and two of them were 30kg heavier than Tatiana.
She deserves more press, that’s for sure. Beautiful lifting and in a class of her own.
she’s going to hit 200kg in the C&J some day.
160-200 in Rio i am sure
She is amazing!! Been my favourite to watch since she was a junior.
He did 390 the year before, so: nope.
More fun trivia: the first time a man snatched more than her was Yuri Vlasov in 1960 with 155.5. The first time a man clean and jerked more was Paul Anderson in 1955 with 196.5.
Of course the press existed until 1972, but taken the snatch and jerk results as total, she would’ve won all modern SHW Olympics until and including 1956. Meng Suping still would’ve taken bronze that year. Progress!
That is great 😀
whoa…that is great…awesome.