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AssuredVacancy
United States1167 Posts
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KOVU
Denmark708 Posts
Did Klokov really withdraw from the 105kg class?  ((((( | ||
Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
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AoN.DimSum
United States2983 Posts
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
annnndddd to bring in a downer, it turns out Akkaev/Klokov withdrawals may be drug related. Akkaev allegedly has spinal surgery on August 2nd to deal with a herniated disc. However, today, he nonchalantly showed up to watch the 94kg A session and support his 2 teammates. He's standing up and walking around like its NBD. Should he ever be able to stand up and walk around like that after this kind a procedure TWO DAYS later? Then you also have to think about how hard it would be to book an invasive and technical spinal surgery in a foreign country without health insurance in that country. Coupled with the rapid and simultaneous withdrawal of Klokov, things look reaaallyy fishy. The current theory floating around is that Klokov and Akkaev were going to fail drug tests. The Russian team has a lot of support staff as far as medical and therapeutic personnel. The Russians give Klokov and Akkaev a prelim test a few days before, and they failed it. Medalists are automatically tested post competition. Rather than both of them disgracing Russian weightlifting and facing bans (Akkaev's would be permanent), as they're kind of the figureheads, they withdraw citing injuries. This is obviously the Russian Weightlifting Federation/Coach's decision, and Akkaev might have been unhappy with it as its likely his final olympics, so he shows up to 94kg A partially in protest. | ||
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Entropic
Canada2837 Posts
On August 05 2012 12:13 Drowsy wrote: 94kg saved the olympics. annnndddd to bring in a downer, it turns out Akkaev/Klokov withdrawals may be drug related. Akkaev allegedly has spinal surgery on August 2nd to deal with a herniated disc. However, today, he nonchalantly showed up to watch the 94kg A session and support his 2 teammates. He's standing up and walking around like its NBD. Should he ever be able to stand up and walk around like that after this kind a procedure TWO DAYS later? Then you also have to think about how hard it would be to book an invasive and technical spinal surgery in a foreign country without health insurance in that country. Coupled with the rapid and simultaneous withdrawal of Klokov, things look reaaallyy fishy. The current theory floating around is that Klokov and Akkaev were going to fail drug tests. The Russian team has a lot of support staff as far as medical and therapeutic personnel. The Russians give Klokov and Akkaev a prelim test a few days before, and they failed it. Medalists are automatically tested post competition. Rather than both of them disgracing Russian weightlifting and facing bans (Akkaev's would be permanent), as they're kind of the figureheads, they withdraw citing injuries. This is obviously the Russian Weightlifting Federation/Coach's decision, and Akkaev might have been unhappy with it as its likely his final olympics, so he shows up to 94kg A partially in protest. Goddamn it, walking demigod Klokov just had to step out of this one didnt he. Oh well at least we got WWC. | ||
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emjaytron
Australia544 Posts
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KOVU
Denmark708 Posts
On August 05 2012 17:49 emjaytron wrote: why does lu xiaojun squat jerk? was he just taking the piss cos he was going to win easily or is that his standard technique Some people are just better at squat jerking than they are split jerking. Lu Xiaojun is one of them, pyrros dimas was one of them also. I suppose training squat jerk translates a lot to your snatch also, because the second part of a snatch is pretty much a squat jerk with snatch grip. Dimsum also squat jerks I think | ||
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
On August 05 2012 17:49 emjaytron wrote: why does lu xiaojun squat jerk? was he just taking the piss cos he was going to win easily or is that his standard technique Lu is just a beast basically For him it means he doesn't have to worry about having a good jerk because hes probably got some of the best C+J and snatch technique around so all he has to do is dip under the bar Rarely see him drop if he actually goes for the squat edit: Maybe better put is that with squat jerk if you have good technique the recovery is a lot more stable so he will rarely drop it since his technique is so good | ||
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bokeevboke
Singapore1674 Posts
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BrTarolg
United Kingdom3574 Posts
Also, This man would have gotten bronze if he entered into the 85kg class ![[image loading]](http://nimg.sulekha.com/sports/thumbnailfull/lu-xiaojun-2009-11-24-6-41-5.jpg) | ||
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lyAsakura
United States1414 Posts
Bringing some excitement back into the 105kg class! Hopefully Klokov follows! Udachyn is out of the superheavies. | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
the bar looks... weightless. 500 pounds...his speed and strength my goodness. i'm convinced he could've done a couple kg more than 233. | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
http://www.london2012.com/athlete/zabolotnaya-natalya-1013574/ wtf, not a single feature resembling anything mildly female about her looooooooool | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
Just absolutely no fucks given. The definition of beast mode. I am supremely fucking mirin' right now. | ||
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Release
United States4397 Posts
On August 06 2012 03:49 BrTarolg wrote: Epic lifting in the womens 75+ from russians and chinese Also, This man would have gotten bronze if he entered into the 85kg class Lies. He would have gotten gold. He put up 195 as a lift to guarantee himself a total. Otherwise, he would have put up 204 for the overall 77 WR, then a 211 for the CJ WR and totalled 386, taking the gold. Honestly, Lu Xiaojun should train for the CJ record, and go to 85 kg and claim a 2 or 3 more WR | ||
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decafchicken
United States20168 Posts
On August 06 2012 07:51 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2-r3pM9xQ Just absolutely no fucks given. The definition of beast mode. I am supremely fucking mirin' right now. wtf. should have gone for a double just for lols. unreal. | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On August 06 2012 08:38 decafchicken wrote: wtf. should have gone for a double just for lols. unreal. I can't even process how effortless he made that look, no pause or hesitation...christ. | ||
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lyAsakura
United States1414 Posts
On August 06 2012 08:08 Release wrote: Lies. He would have gotten gold. He put up 195 as a lift to guarantee himself a total. Otherwise, he would have put up 204 for the overall 77 WR, then a 211 for the CJ WR and totalled 386, taking the gold. Honestly, Lu Xiaojun should train for the CJ record, and go to 85 kg and claim a 2 or 3 more WR The Chinese should really do something like that. Their 77kg class is so stacked. Let Xiaojun go 85kg and haojie win 77kg. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20168 Posts
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