. . . cos you can never have too much of Pocket Hercules.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Lu Xiaojun wins Gold
LU Xiaojun wins Olympic Gold - breaking 2 world records in the Men's 77kg (snatch and total) . . totalling 379kg. Monster show & definitely one of my fav lifters to watch.
Teammate Lu Haojie took home the silver medal totalling 360kg . . unable to take 2nd and 3rd attempt due to an elbow injury just before the Clean & Jerks were set to start.
Left: Ivan Cambar (Cuba) for Bronze, Lu Xiaojun (China) for gold, & far right is Lu Haojie taking home the silver.
Monday, July 30, 2012
2008 Beijing Women’s 58kg
2008 Olympics:
Gold went to Yanqing Chen, China, totalling 244 (OR).
Silver went to Marina Shainova, Russia, totalling 227.
Close third for the bronze went to Jong Ae O, North Korea, totalling 226.
2012 London:
World silver medallist, Li Xueying will be representing China. Definitely one to watch.
Nastassia Novikava, Belarus, is another one to watch . . won her first world title last year in Paris with a 237kg total.
2008 Beijing Men’s 62kg
2008 Beijing:
Gold went to Xiangxiang Zhang, China, totalling 319.
Silver went to Diego Salazar, Colombia, totalling 305.
Triyatno, Indonesia took home the bronze with a 298 total.
London 2012:
Xiangxiang will not be competing in London due to injury.
Jie Zang will be representing China in the 62kg category.
Triyatno will be competing in a heavier weight class in London (69kg).
Sunday, July 29, 2012
2008 Beijing Women’s 53kg
2008 Beijing Olympics Results:
Prapawadee. Jaroenrattanatarakoon, Thailand took out Gold, 221 total (95/126)
Yoon Jinhee, South Korea, silver, totalling 213 (94/119)
Bronze went to Nastassia Novikava, Belarus, totalling 213 (95/118)
Of the three, Nastassia is the only one competing at London, moving up a weight class into the 58kg.
2008 Beijing Men’s 56kg
Last Olympics top 3:
Gold went to Long Qingquan, China – 132/160, 292 total
Silver went to Hoang Anh Tuan, Vietnam – 130/160, 290 total . . very close second.
Bronze went to Eko Yuli Irawan, Indonesia – 130/158, 288 total . . again, very close behind.
This year in London,
Long is replaced with Wu Jingbiao beating him to a spot.
http://www.allthingsgym.com/2012/07/wu-jingbiao-long-qingquan-on-london-2012/
Hoang is disqualified from London after testing positive in 2011 for illegal substances which resulted in a 2 year suspension.
The new hopeful for Vietnam rests in the hands of Tran Le Quoc Toan.
And Bronze Medalist Eko will be competing in the Men’s 62.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Darren Barnes training
Darren Barnes (Senior & Junior American national champ)busting out some lifts.
120 jerk.
90-95 hang snatch.
Holds all American Records in Senior, Junior & Youth division . . breaking 9 records.
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