Matthias Steiner of Germany won the gold medal with the last lift of the competition in a climactic finale of the Beijing Olympic Weightlifting tournament at the BUAA Gymnasium in Beijing. Russian strongman Evgeny Chigishev led at the halfway mark with a 210kg Snatch ahead of Artem Udachyn of Ukraine with 207kg, reigning world champion […]
After Hossein Rezazadeh, who has dominated this category since the late 1990s and pocketed two Olympic gold medals (2000, 2004), announced his withdrawal decision shortly before the start of Beijing 2008, the door was suddenly wide open, and every top lifter had a shot for the title of “world’s strongest man.” Viktors Scerbatihs (LAT) Most […]
Andrei Aramnau (BLR), gold medalist: “I have been preparing for a long time for this and there could not have been a different result, This medal comprises all 20 years of my life. My first coach told me that I would become an Olympic champion at the age of 20, and that’s what happened.” Dmitriy […]
It was a perfect day for Andrei Aramnau (BLR) as he won the gold medal of this class. Aramnau, 20, did not miss a lift and he became the first lifter in this category to snatch 200kg, a junior and senior world record. Marcin Dolega (POL) who held the old record at 199kg, tried to […]
