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Tour of David Rigert’s Weightlifting Academy in Taganrog

July 1, 2013 By Gregor Winter

Vladislav Rigert and Dmitry Klokov did a tour of the famous training hall that saw countless amazing lifts over the past years and decades – David Rigert’s Weightlifting Academy in Taganrog.

Update: Tour of the Ruza Training Camp.

Khadzhimurat Akkaev also makes an appearance. As you know from his recent interview and his profile a while back, he is living there almost year round, together with his cat Virgil.

If you can help with a translation of the main points, please leave a comment below.

In Part 1 they show the training hall and mention some of the super stars that train/ed there.

Thanks to Evgeny for translating that “He also mentioned that Zakharevich dropped in after beach when he was on vacation and did 200kg jerk from stands … in slippers.”

Part 2 tours the living quarters.

Filed Under: Dmitry Klokov, Khadzhimurat Akkaev, weightlifting

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Comments

  1. Penn says

    July 1, 2013 at 23:57

    Glad to see Akkaev and Klokov getting along.

    • Taroga says

      July 2, 2013 at 11:38

      I wonder who is the little older guy who appears towards end of the second vid. ? Perhaps an old-time 52 or 56 champion from Rigert’s era ?……….. all the names Gnatov , Vahkonin etc !

      • Evgeny Filatov says

        July 3, 2013 at 00:39

        Klkov introduces his as trainer of Olympic champion Viktor Trigubov.

  2. Evgeny Filatov says

    July 2, 2013 at 02:47

    During the 1st video as they were touring main training hall Rigert mentions the names of those who trained there: he listed Chigishev, Chemerkin, Berestov, Lapikov, Akkaev, Constantinov, Aukhadov, Koklyaev, Perepechenov, Pisarevkiy, Mongushkov, Kozlov and other name I could distinguish.

    He also mentioned that Zakharevish dropped in after beach when he was on vacation and did 200kg jerk from stands … in slippers.

    • Gregor says

      July 2, 2013 at 10:09

      Thanks Evgeny

    • Steve says

      March 26, 2018 at 08:50

      Zacharevich 200kg jerk in slippers? If he snatched 200 in socks I would believe it!! He was beyond great.

  3. Razor says

    July 2, 2013 at 12:04

    Vladislav Rigert is son David Rigert’s?

    • Thrand says

      July 2, 2013 at 19:00

      Indeed. Has his father’s charisma and traps.

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