2015 European Weightlifting Championships

DylanJM

Bit late with this thread. The Europeans are on all this week. Eurosport will be showing the A groups if anyone wants to watch. Usually at around 15:00 or 17:00 depending on the schedule.

B groups are free to watch online here

We have a quite few lifters competing all in the B groups so have a watch.

DylanJM

A couple of female Irish lifters are about to lift in the 58kg B group. Here's a stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40z_5vvnOMA

Live Scoreboard

DylanJM

This is probably the most impressive lift of the competition so far imo. It's good to see Turkey producing competitive lifters again.

https://twitter.com/hookgrip/status/587377855887048706

Alf Veedersane

I do like how hookgrip have the slow-mo replays.

LuckyLloyd

Dylan, is there an Irish team list anywhere?

The Weightlifting Ireland website looks to be very out of date.

DylanJM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Dylan, is there an Irish team list anywhere?

The Weightlifting Ireland website looks to be very out of date.

It is, you're better of looking at the facebook page for up to date information.

https://www.facebook.com/WeightliftingIreland1

This is the team according to the facebook page.

Women:
Alexandria Craig (53kg) Capital Strength
Emma Alderdice (58kg)
Hilary Riordan (58kg) Guerilla Fitness
Claire McGlynn (63kg) Prodigy Barbell
Sinead Ryan (63kg) Prodigy Barbell
Amy Laffan (69kg)
Sarah Cahill (75kg) Cork Weightlifting Club

Men:
Cathal Byrd (77kg) Capital Strength
Eoin Murphy (105kg)
Paul O'Brien (105kg) Prodigy Barbell

Coaches:
Harry Leech (Capital Strength)
Sami Dowling (Prodigy Barbell)

DylanJM

Stream for the 77kg B session. Cathal Byrd will be lifting in this session. Should start around 13:30 or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A3bE0qA5Xk

EDIT: Stream doesn't appear to be working.

DylanJM

New national record in the clean and jerk. 157kg @ 77kg by Cathal Byrd.

https://instagram.com/p/1gAQQFNmtl/

Edwardius

Gurph got himself a record this morning too, 166 at 104 odd, he's still under 23. Good to see that record going due to its 'history'.

Inspector Coptoor

Edwardius wrote: »

Gurph got himself a record this morning too, 166 at 104 odd, he's still under 23. Good to see that record going due to its 'history'.

Translation Ed?

DylanJM

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

Translation Ed?

The person who had the previous record was banned for PED use I think.

Hanley

DylanJM wrote: »

The person who had the previous record was banned for PED use I think.

Who was that?!

Molly

http://www.weightliftingireland.com/Results/Records/mens/Seniors.html

David Daly?

Alf Veedersane

Molly wrote: »

http://www.weightliftingireland.com/Results/Records/mens/Seniors.html

David Daly?

Yeah he tested positive when he set the record maybe 6 months ago

DylanJM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Yeah he tested positive when he set the record maybe 6 months ago

Longer than 6 months ago. The previous record was set in 2000.

Alf Veedersane

DylanJM wrote: »

Longer than 6 months ago. The previous record was set in 2000.

Ah. Must've been mixed up.

Edwardius

DylanJM wrote: »

The person who had the previous record was banned for PED use I think.

Yarp, another 166 was stripped after the 2011 nationals.