Lasha Talakhadze Owns the Olympic Weightlifting Platform in Tokyo

On the exercise platform, the world's best weightlifter pulls 220 kg, cleanly and jerks 255 kg with ease.

Giorgi Tchintcharauli, the doctor of the Georgian national weightlifting team, posted a video of Lasha Talakhadze's training sessions at the Tokyo Olympics and it should be enough to send any of his competitors home.

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Lasha Talakhadze Owns the Olympic Weightlifting Platform in Tokyo

The world's largest weightlifter pulls 220 kg and 255 kg clean and jerky on the exercise platform.

Giorgi Tchintcharauli, the doctor of the Georgian national weightlifting team, posted a video of Lasha Talakhadze's training sessions at the Tokyo Olympics and it should be enough to send any of his competitors home.

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Tokyo 2020 Doesn’t Want Weightlifting Doping Headaches

Competitors are wary of prohibitions and the effects of reanalyzing samples years after events that could result in loss of medals and status.

Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia and the weightlifting powerhouse Romania have already felt the bans for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) and the International Wegightlifting Federation (IMF) are not currently playing with new leadership determined to remove the stigma of corruption and lack of oversight from the past.

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Tokyo 2020 Doesn’t Want Weightlifting Doping Headaches

Competitors are wary of prohibitions and the effects of reanalyzing samples years after events that could result in loss of medals and status.

Turkey, Colombia, Mexico, Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia and the weightlifting powerhouse Romania have already felt the bans for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) and the International Wegightlifting Federation (IMF) are not currently playing with new leadership determined to remove the stigma of corruption and lack of oversight from the past.

Continue reading