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Vasily Alexeev

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  • 27-11-2011 2:06pm
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    Edwardius
    Registered Users Posts: 3,234 ✭✭✭


    Some of this was posted in the off topic thread in health and fitness but seeing as he wasn't too bothered with the "health" part I thought I'd post this stuff here. I like the way he didn't seem to give flying axe about traditional weightlifting methods.

    I found this interview with him from sports illustrated magazine back in 1975

    Arthur Chidlovski uploaded this video documentary in english

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS7DsrynWWo


    Montage of some of his more notable lifts here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ngko5tAwkk


    Recent Russian TV documentary here (no translation though).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRiSkXXfa8w


    And finally, the power midget had an interesting article about him a while back.

    RIP


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    BrianD3
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    If I recall he's the guy who apparently said "who cares about an ant lifting a leaf" when commenting on the lightweight weight classes.

    I woudn't agree with him there but no doubt he was a strength sports legend. I was just reading that list of baddest motherf*ckers yesterday, to be honest he probably should have been higher than No. 17 - weightlifting in the Volga and so on!


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