While Dmitry snatched 180kg after a pause at the knees (and after a 1100km drive to camp Chekhov) today, his colleague Vasiliy Polovnikov gets 190kg from the high hang at Norwood Weightlifting in Norwood, MA.
Update: Read Vasiliy’s interview on ATG.
Update: Here is his entire session (thanks Seth). He actually took 3 attempts at 195kg.
Thanks to Brett for submitting.
Update 12.05.2015: Another 190kg from the hang.
The 170×2 hang snatches were power. Incredible.
high as hell… this guy is insanely powerful
A 190 kg high snatch is nothing to sneeze at. Damn impressive. What’s Polovnikov’s competitive background? What is he doing in the US? And will be there for long? Anyone know?
OK, I can answer my own question. In 2005 Polovnikov won the junior European championships in the 85 kg class with 155 kg and 210 kg. In 2008 he took 2nd at the European championships in the 85 kg class with a total of 373 kg. He then won the Russian championship in 2009 in the 94 kg class and was sent to the World’s where the IWF caught him doping and disqualified him for four years, until 30 October 2013. I can see he has phenomenal intensity in training. It’d be nice to see him make a comeback.
If it weren’t for his unsound technique, he would’ve got those 195kg in the first or third attemp. Sure, he’s fast, explosive and strong… but his faulty technique (his catch) is gonna keep him from improving and being No. 1.
There are so many strong and explosive lifters, but with such a crappy technique… now, let’s see them off the “magic”, and, then, we’ll talk; we may as well call it “The Pulaku Effect”
Good points about the flaws in technique and the role of sorcery and elixirs. “Pulaku Effec” – great term.
He has very good technique and is held in high regard by lifters on the Russian National Team. If you don’t like the “magic”, then feel free to go play backgammon or chess.
What I meant by “off the magic” is not, by any means, a product of ignorance or naivety. I am aware of the situation and real panorama of the sport. What I meant is that, when off the magic, the “technical weightlifters” are the ones who prevail over the “strong weightlifters”. I’m not saying that Polovnikov is a pitful lifter. I’m saying that he would benefit greatly if he improved his technique.
And ONCE MORE, for all you blind, indulgent, servile and worshipping weightlifting fans out there: just because a lifter is a champion, or just because he lifts big, it doesn’t mean that he is flawless. And just because one is not a world champion or a renowned coach, it doesn’t mean that one cannot make an intelligent reflection/analysis about that.
Polovnikov’s technique has been reviewed by some of the greatest coaches in the entire world for most of his life. If there was a problem, it would’ve been fixed. “Magic” or not, this man represents the best of the best. And “benefit greatly”? Yeah, that’s reasonable, a small technique change taking the already biggest known hang snatch (that I can remember, there may be another on the interwebs somewhere) up some significant amount. This dude is at the limit of human lifting potential. And I have a feeling his catch is plenty strong.