Lidia Valentin Snatch 115kg in slow motion

Here is a slow motion video of Lidia Valentin (-75kg) from the 2014 Arnold classic weightlifting championship. Notice how close her head gets to the bar when she is pulling under.

Snatch duck walk

Here is some awesome fight of a Brazilian weightlifter. First of all its an awesome bottom position - then he takes the 127kg bar to a duck walk - however he loses the fight :(.
I believe its Wellington Mendes (69kg) at the South American Games 2014 in Santiago. He went 125kg/145kg (results).

On his second attempt he made 125kg.

He also has a nice looking 140kg power jerk.

D'Angelo Osorio Snatch PR

D'Angelo Osorio sets a new Snatch PR of 155kg after a great save where he almost stumbles over the camera window which is built in the platform (at least that is my guess what it is). This is for the funny close ups you see e.g. at the Olympics which are somewhat useless in my opinion - or even dangerous in this case.

What to do with a broken arm.

Squats of course. But there is more. Have some fun.

Herbert Ehrbar Grand Prix 2013

In this years Herbert Ehrbar Grand Prix in Nagold some lifters of the German national squad did appear for some performance test before the European Championships 2013. And they seem to be in pretty good shape. Probably not for winning the Europeans but for themselves they are.

Michael Müller (85kg class) with 147kg Snatch and 186kg clean and Jerk:


Simon Brandhuber (69kg class) with 140kg Snatch and 160kg Clean and Jerk:


Robert Joachim (69kg class) with 133kg Snatch and 167kg Clean and Jerk:


Sabine Kusterer (58kg class) with 90kg Snatch and 109kg Clean and Jerk:


Mandy Wedow (75kg class) with 97kg Snatch and 117kg Clean and Jerk:


Yvonne Kranz (75kg+ class) with 95kg Snatch and 124kg Clean and Jerk:


Here are also the complete videos (including maybe some of Germans future lifters):

Torokhtiy Oleksiy Snatch 200kg

Torokhtiy Oleksiy Snatches 200kg to "I got you babe". You just need some proper training atmosphere ;).

Artem Ivanov Snatch 190kg technical analysis

Artem Ivanov Snatchs 185kg and 190kg plus the bar path plus bar speed.

Not text book - at least as far as I know. However it seems to work for him.

News from Ireland.

Guess who? Clarence Kennedy: Snatch 162.5kg and a Clan of 202.5kg

Karen Tovmasjan Snatch 130kg triple from blocks

Here is a little training update from Karen Tovmasjan. Nice speed under the bar:

Miika Antti-Roiko 200kg clean double

There is also nice lifting going on in Finland! Miika Antti-Roiko takes 200kg for a clean double.


As well as a 155kg Snatch:

Jiri Orsag 190kg Snatch

The latest training video of Jiri Orsag! It is a 190kg Snatch.

Marcin Dolega lifting in France

Meanwhile in France. Marcin Dolega lifts 175kg, 180kg and 185kg in the Snatch. 210kg 215kg and 220kg in the Clean and Jerk.



It also seems that the channel owner Daniel Dolega has some videos in his archive ;). Here he only makes the 185kg Snatch and misses the others.

Fernando Saraiva Reis at 2013 Arnold Classic

Here is a 182kg Snatch and a  225kg Clean and Jerk from Fernando Saraiva Reis who will turn 23 in one week.

From wikipedia:
He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +105 kg event. In this same weight category, Reis won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games and a silver medal at the 2010 South American Games.

Rebekah Tiler on youtube

Here is a female British lifter who is still very young. She is 13 years of age I believe. And already snatching 78kg and clean and jerking 102kg with plates falling off. According to a newspaper her bodyweight is 56kg. So that is a double bodyweight clean and jerk.

See yourself:

Karen Tovmasjan youtube channel

Here are some decent lifts from Karen Tovmasjan's youtube channel. A total of 338kg at 85kg makes him another Master of sports with a youtube channel :).

Ihor Shymechko Snatch 205kg

Ihor Shymechko puts up some decent numbers in the Snatch.

Oleksiy Torokhtiy Power Jerks

Here are some more power jerks from Oleksiy Torokhtiy. If the numbers in the videos are right it is 230kg and 240kg.
Looking at those videos, I really wonder why he struggled so hard at London.

230kg


240kg



Also here is a 195kg Snatch from the same event. There they had green 10kg plates. So I really wonder why they did not use them for his 240kg attempt? Or is it 240kg at all?

Artem Ivanov Snatch 190kg

Another 190kg pre Olympic Snatch by Artem Ivanov.

The display in the background classifies him as 105kg lifter however. He usually competes at 94kg.

And to again repeat wikipedia: His best total is 420 kg (190 snatch + 230 clean and jerk - Ukrainian Championships 2012).[1] If this had not been completed at a domestic event, it would have represented a substantial increase on the world record at this weight division. Unfortunately at the 2012 Olympic Games, Ivanov did not appear for his weigh-in, prompting speculation of injury, and leaving rival Ilya Ilyin to comfortably retain his title.

179kg snatch

Kavelasvili snatching 179kg for a new Greece record (at least according to the video description) in the 105kg category.

Artem Ivanov at Ukraine Championships 2012

I just wanted to put together the awesome lifts of Artem Ivanov at Ukraine Championships 2012. And to complete those videos a citation from wikipedia:

Unfortunately at the 2012 Olympic Games, Ivanov did not appear for his weigh-in, prompting speculation of injury, and leaving rival Ilya Ilyin to comfortably retain his title.