Meanwhile at the Chinese Nationals…
Tian Tao (85kg) clean and jerked 220kg for a 395kg total which is 2kg & 1kg over the current world records respectively. He also attempted 181kg in the snatch for a new Chinese record.
Best of Olympic Weightlifting
Fingers crossed both Lu and Tian can pull some big Squat Jerk numbers in Rio. While I love this technique I definitely get scared for them due to its inconsistency, but great execution from both of them this event!
This might be a little pedantic, because after all these are “unofficial” records set in national meets, but….Rostami has done 179+220=399 in Iranian nationals before. So Tian’s lifts are not “unofficial world records” but Chinese records, absolutely.
Do you know when it took place?
It took place in the city of Zanjan, in late July of 2012. It was the Iranian team’s last tuneup for the London Olympics. Salimi did 217+256 there.
No, it was in June 2012
https://allthingsgym.com/kianoush-rostami-85kg-220kg-clean-jerk-world-record/
Salimi did 217+256 much earlier
https://allthingsgym.com/big-lifts-behdad-salimi-217kg-snatch-256kg-cj/
That is worth noting, yes. But “unofficial world record” simply means that it would constitute a new WR if it were set at an international meet. It doesn’t take into account other unofficial WRs, if you get what I’m saying. So both Rostami and Tian hold unofficial total WRs, even though they are different numbers.
Tian’s max clean and jerk in training has hit 225, via the commentator in the 85kg comp full video!
On the Ma strength Facebook page the moderator said he has hit 230 in training.
I believe that was a translational error. During the 2015 Chinese nationals, the commentator said that Tian Tao has cleaned 230 before. It would be very easy to accidentally start a rumor about him clean and jerking 230 from this miscommunication.
Update: I visited the comment that you saw and I wrote him a message asking him to clarify. Coach Ma is Chinese, so there should not be language problems. In 2015, the commentator said that Tian Tao has cleaned 230 before, and compared that to the 218 WR, so even Chinese speakers can be confused since it makes no sense to compare a clean to a C&J WR.
I got a reply back from coach Ma and he said that after asking Tian Tao, it was confirmed that his best clean was 230 and best clean and jerk was 225.
Okulov is probably unoffiallying these before breakfast.