Olympic weightlifting thread

Looking forward to seeing how TIler does at a senior international champs.

Reply 61

Original post by Piggsil

Looking forward to seeing how TIler does at a senior international champs.

This is precisely why I want tickets to the W69. :tongue:

Already beating Smith's total from Europeans, who fair enough is 2 weight classes below her, but at 15...

Sneaky Zoe vlog

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[video]http://instagram.com/p/pBx4cdl-aA/embed/#[/video]

can't work out how to embed from instagram. Anyway, Polovnikov 200kg snatch @105.

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Reply 63

rlw31

Original post by Hype en Ecosse

58kg should be good to hopefully see GB get a >bronze medal. I have no hopes for any Scottish athletes medalling. :lol:

Do you have a list of athletes competing at the Commonwealth? I've been looking for ages, and knowing who's competing would help me decide what classes to get tickets for. :tongue:

No idea, I had a look around for a listing, couldn't find anything, Either our Google skills are poor or accessible information about the athletes isn't up to much. I would have thought the IWF would've had something, apparently not.

Reply 64

Original post by Hype en Ecosse

I have no hopes for any Scottish athletes medalling. :lol:

Peter Kirkbride? He got silver last time round. Don't really know any other Scottish weightlifters tbh.

Reply 65

Original post by Appeal to reason

Peter Kirkbride? He got silver last time round. Don't really know any other Scottish weightlifters tbh.

Did he really? Will have to read up on him and see if he's worth going to see. :tongue:

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Reply 66

Going to a competition today - weightlifting pentathlon. Only my second time doing one, should be fun!

Reply 67

Original post by Piggsil

Going to a competition today - weightlifting pentathlon. Only my second time doing one, should be fun!

So what's that? Powerlifts + Oly lifts?

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Reply 68

Original post by Hype en Ecosse

So what's that? Powerlifts + Oly lifts?

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Na, it's snatch + c&j plus 40m sprint from lying start, throwing a shotput over your head and jumping as far as you can with 3 jumps (both feet together).

I lost at all the athletics events LOL.

Reply 69

Youth Worlds on right now, until the 28th.

http://www.iwf.net/kazan_live/

Reply 70

Original post by Appeal to reason

Youth Worlds on right now, until the 28th.

http://www.iwf.net/kazan_live/

Yeah, been watching a bit. Stream is pretty good quality.

Did you see the new junior WR in -56kg class? Pretty awesome.

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Sadly not, I've only seen the -53kg and -58kg women's. Hoping to watch the 85s - Artem Okulov (7pm 25th-not sure on timezone though) . Maybe the 94s as I think Sonny Webster is competing.

Reply 72

Original post by Appeal to reason

Sadly not, I've only seen the -53kg and -58kg women's. Hoping to watch the 85s - Artem Okulov (7pm 25th-not sure on timezone though) . Maybe the 94s as I think Sonny Webster is competing.

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Looked easy! DADGE DADGE DAAAAAADGE

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Lol DADGE!

He missed the next attempt behind as well so he is clearly easily capable of much more.

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[video="youtube;SFLvHQsY6PY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFLvHQsY6PY[/video]

The consistency is amazing. You wouldn't know they were different weights until the recovery, same catch height, pull the same speed...

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Original post by Appeal to reason

One of my favourite lifters. Damn Russians have such beautiful tekkers generally :moon:

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llya is by far my favourite lifter followed by the posterior chain king dimitri klokov. I also rely like ian wilson's mad explosiveness and unique wide jerk placement.[video="youtube;c7K5yNnA_sw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7K5yNnA_sw[/video]

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