The Rio Weightlifting Discussion Thread

MightyMandarin

DylanJM wrote: »

Don't think Ismaylov's c&j will be good enough to hang with Zhiyong. I think he'll likely be battling the dprk lifter for silver.

You never know with these Chinese and their squat jerkers. WC 2015 showed how inconsistent they can be.

I still think he'll win, but Ismayilov might cause an upset. Ideally he did need to come away with more than a 1kg advantage from the snatch though.

YFlyer

The guy from Georgia just got his lift. Why are the commentators saying he has only one more weight to go?

DylanJM

YFlyer wrote: »

The guy from Georgia just got his lift. Why are the commentators saying he has only one more weight to go?

There's no Georgian lifters in this comp.

You get three attempts at the snatch and three attempts at the clean and jerk. Your best snatch and clean and jerk are added together to make a total. Highest total wins.

MightyMandarin

YFlyer wrote: »

The guy from Georgia just got his lift. Why are the commentators saying he has only one more weight to go?

I don't think there's anyone from Georgia in this session?

KevinK

Did the Kyrgzstan guy just go higher than he knew he could lift in the hope that DPRK would follow him and fail, thereby leaving him in the bronze medal position? Clever

YFlyer

Cheers lads. Think it was the Albanian guy I must of thought of.

MightyMandarin

KevinK wrote: »

Did the Kyrgzstan guy just go higher than he knew he could lift in the hope that DPRK would follow him and fail, thereby leaving him in the bronze medal position? Clever

Kim myong hyok went all out for gold and going higher also helped him have more time. It didn't pay off but it was all downhill after messing up his recovery after his first attempt.

Mysterypunter

MightyMandarin wrote: »

I don't think there's anyone from Georgia in this session?

Think he was a Turk. One of the coaches had a Georgia tracksuit on.

YFlyer

DylanJM wrote: »

There's no Georgian lifters in this comp.

You get three attempts at the snatch and three attempts at the clean and jerk. Your best snatch and clean and jerk are added together to make a total. Highest total wins.

That is three attempts each weight? The guy was successful and commentator said he had only one more weight to go. Confusing...lol

YFlyer

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Think he was a Turk. One of the coaches had a Georgia tracksuit on.

That was it...haha

YFlyer

KevinK wrote: »

Did the Kyrgzstan guy just go highekhan he knew he could lift in the hope that DPRK would follow him and fail, thereby leaving him in the bronze medal position? Clever

Think the DPRK guy was going for broke anyway.

DylanJM

YFlyer wrote: »

That is three attempts each weight? The guy was successful and commentator said he had only one more weight to go. Confusing...lol

You only get three attempts. A successful lift counts as one of your three attempts.

DylanJM

The man wearing the Georgia tracksuit is Giorgi Asanidze, former olympic champ and current coach of the Georgian weightlifting team. I guess he was also working with Turkey or maybe jusy Ismailov, perhaps in an advisory capacity.

MightyMandarin

DylanJM wrote: »

The man wearing the Georgia tracksuit is Giorgi Asanidze, former olympic champ and current coach of the Georgian weightlifting team. I guess he was also working with Turkey or maybe jusy Ismailov, perhaps in an advisory capacity.

I think it's quite common. Mirco Scarantino had Latvia's coach with him and the italian team are linked with Latvia's team. Ritvar Suharevs has been in Rome training all summer judging by his IG account.

Sugar Free

MightyMandarin wrote: »

I think it's quite common. Mirco Scarantino had Latvia's coach with him...

Was just about to post to ask about that as I thought it was strange. Seemingly not though!

DylanJM

Women 69kg A session is on now.

DylanJM

77 Men will be getting under way in a few minutes. Should be a very exciting session.

MightyMandarin

Lu snatching 177, a full 100kg over bw. Jesus christ.

Eoinbmw

Ouch!

DylanJM

That was horrible

DylanJM

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

Eoinbmw

Unbelievable Jeff...

DylanJM

One of the best lifts of all time

MightyMandarin

Nijat Rahimov take an absolute bow son. 214 big ones.

DylanJM

Broke the current c&j record by 4kg!

Eoinbmw

Anyone catch his PB before that lift?

MightyMandarin

Eoinbmw wrote: »

Anyone catch his PB before that lift?

He did 211 at kazakh nationals with 4 attempts, he was also overweight then. This was a clear hail mary since he made a 12kg jump. Best lift of all time imo.

DylanJM

gif of the lift

http://i.imgur.com/pZYBQQc.gifv

That is unreal

Mellor

It looks like he was about to drop it in that gif.


Super effort for gold medal. The doping speculation will overshadow obviously

Alf Veedersane

Here it is on IG because his dance needs to be given airtime

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI8mnSxDNdw/

DylanJM

Rest day today so there will be no lifting. It will be back on tomorrow with the women's 75 and men's 85. Finally I can get a decent night's sleep!

Men's 85 has the potential to be an amazing session if the start list is anything to go by.

https://smsprio2016-a.akamaihd.net/_odf-documents/W/L/WLM08510A_StartList_2016_08_05.pdf

LuckyLloyd

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Here it is on IG because his dance needs to be given airtime

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI8mnSxDNdw/

:eek:

DylanJM

Men's 85 will beging in 5 mins or so.

DylanJM

Unbelievable session of lifting. Four totals at 390+!!!!!!!

COH

DylanJM wrote: »

Unbelievable session of lifting. Four totals at 390+!!!!!!!

Chinese lad missng 1st and 2nd attempts on both lifts going 2/6 setting a WR then losing gold by 1kg...

Unreal stuff

DylanJM

94kg A session live now.

DylanJM

94s were slightly underwhelming, especially after the highs of the 77 and 85 sessions.

Nice celebration from Didzbalis who took home the Bronze.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJEbCldjjjd/

MightyMandarin

DylanJM wrote: »

94s were slightly underwhelming, especially after the highs of the 77 and 85 sessions.

When you look at the list of names absent from the 94's and the 105's because of doping bans, it's clear to see why the standard is lower than the 77's and 85's.

I'd give anything to see Ilya vs Bedzhanyan vs Nurudinov again in a major competition.

Mellor

When are the 105 on?
Expecting Clarence to compete in absentia in some GAA hall pretty soon

DylanJM

Nurudinov seems to be in good shape ahead of tonight's 105kg session.

http://www.allthingsgym.com/ruslan-nurudinov-200kg-snatch-240kg-clean-jerk/

I think he will do 195/235 tonight. Unlikely anyone will be able to challenge him for gold. There will be a good fight for the other medals though as there are 4 or 5 lifters all around the same level.

MightyMandarin

Good session in the 105's.

One can't help but wonder how unreal Ilyin vs Bedzhanyan vs Nurudinov would've been though.

DylanJM

Nurudinov takes gold in the 105s with 194+237=431. 237 is a new Olympic record. Delighted, absolutely fantastic lifter.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJJaBTGjaTX/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJJfbBkDBsz/

That jerk is a thing of beauty.

MightyMandarin

DylanJM wrote: »

Nurudinov takes gold in the 105s with 194+237=431. 237 is a new Olympic record. Delighted, absolutely fantastic lifter.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJJaBTGjaTX/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJJfbBkDBsz/

That jerk is a thing of beauty.

I love how he keeps the bar so damn close as he pulls in the snatch and clean. He has excellent technique.

DylanJM

Last day of lifting today. The +105kg A session will be on tonight at 23:00 Irish time. Should be a really good session. Lots of lifters with similar numbers.

Four years of build up and it's over in what feels like the blink of an eye. I have know idea what I'll do with myself tomorrow. I guess I'll start getting excited for Tokyo 2020!

wintear

If the snatch portion is anything to go by, this will be a great finish to the weightlifting

geotrig

I wasn't too pushed about the 105 but great comp so far

Eoinbmw

Monsters!:cool:

DylanJM

Salimi's jerk is going to hold him back here.

DylanJM

Talakhadze goes 215+258 for the gold and a new total WR of 473kg. Salimi bombs with 245 on the jerk which was sad to watch.

Iranian fans didn't cover themselves in glory. Lots of booing and whistling after Salimi was done.