Chigishev 2008 Olympic Games

Chigishev's lifting and interview at the 2008 Olympic Games

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• Weightlifting

[AusWeightLifter]

For an 105+ lifter he's really lean. I would like to see more super heavyweight lifters adopt a leaner frame, like Chigishev.

[united4life7777777]

I love this guy....my favorite lifter.

[triton2525]

Alexeyev was the best at supers ! He looked and lifted like a giant!

[MellonVegan]

What does the word at 01:10 and 01:57 mean? Sounds like the German word for a weightlifting bar (Stange). My coach says that in every third sentence (he´s Russian and so are most of our lifters) and now I want to know :P

[colorondemand]

Alexeev was the best ! perfect physique for a superheavyweight

[TheOmed1999]

Chigishev is a perfect Weightlifter

[Rogelio22]

And for the record, we are talking about unneeded fat mass, not muscle mass. That is where the debate stemmed from and what I am referring to.

[Rogelio22]

@shiznick2 Hang on, son. For one, Taranenko holds a world record: highest clean and record lifted in competition, period. Whether you wanna go with the changes in weight class or not, I dont give a shit. Provide some actual basis for your arguement other than speculation and observation (poor at that, actually). You and that other idiot are the reason why weightlifting gets a bad name, people spewing shit out of their mouths cos they think they can and have seen the sport on Youtube.

[Rogelio22]

@Iberian1980 Let us see. You try to provide a counterargument based on observation and in two lifters? How about providing some intelligent logical rebate? Seriously, you and that other fella are not the brightest bulbs huh? FACT IS, a higher bodyweight is a disadvantage because you have to lift one kilo more if you weight more than your opponent i.e thats how Steiner won. Provide me some intelligent reasoning and I will debate with you until then, shut it. And yes, short version, you are wrong.

[Iberian1980]

@Rogelio22 Higher weight is an ADVANTAGE. Pretty obvious actually. How often do the 69kg lifters out lift the 85 or 105+ lifters. Never. Chigishev being as lean as he is is impressive. The fact Chigishev is 124kg and Reza was ~164 makes a big difference. You find someone from the 85kg class who is putting up the numbers that Chigishev does. Those 40 kilos mean a lot.

Short version: Your wrong on this one.

[shiznick2]

@Rogelio22 ur totally wrong mate. for one pisarenko and taranenko dont hold the world records. having more bodyweight gives you more strength to get a bigger clean and jerk. thats why reza always beat chigishev and same with stenier. its because they have a much bigger clean and jerk. dnt get me wrong chigishev is an awesome lifter but he hasnt won because of his weaker clean and jerk, which is cause of his lower body mass