this is why there needs to be a 120kg class like powerlifting

I demand a return to the quality of commentating we had with Dave and Dave. Seriously, amazing flow. We didn't appreciate what we had and then like a ghost in the night it was gone..

I love watching David Rigert coach Evgeny Chigishev. Whenever he does well Rigert is always so proud of him almost like he is his son.

He gave the performance of is life in the lions territory...no fear!

thanks for the upload these announcers are great

I've never seen such disrespect from a crowd. It's sad really, but what he does on the platform will speak louder than any crowd.

Incredibly disrespectful crowd.

Oh lord.....the crowd totally spoiled it. I have so much more respect for Chigichev now, being able to do so well under the negative pressure.

respect to those lifts at a huge weight advantage lb for lb hes a hell of alot stronger than the winner.

Chigishev trolled the crowd on that last attempt

@kirksman What did the crowd do? I didn't quite understand there.

In my book this guy is the gold medal champion! That crowd was disrespectful beyond belief!

Super!

@MajesticMK they were talking and booing.. at 3:20 you can hear his coach say... "just go! just go! they will keep yelling!!"

@MajesticMK couldnt really hear it on this but the crowd would not quiet down for him

@khonfosh From my (very limited and based purely off hearsay, mind you) understanding of it, he tried to but just couldn't do it. And seeing him here at 125, he doesn't exactly have weight to lose. That said, it's really a shame that weightlifting doesn't have a 120 or a 125 class. I think we're missing out on a lot of potentially really great lifting, and lifters because of it (not to mention the absolute dominance we'd be seeing from Chigishev- that would be cool too)

that 209 snatch was incredibly fast...fuck!

TANKS MAN ..PERFET SNATCH

@mattnourse Pound for pound, Chigishev is definitely the strongest Super Heavyweight in history. Almost like Jouko Ahola. He wasn't a big man in strongman terms, but he won two World's Strongest Man titles.

Biebs was such a beast!

Surely chigichev must be, pound for pound, the strongest snatcher in the 105+ class ever? Doing 211 at 125kg bdw, while rezazedah did 213 at 160+ bdw, and now salimi 214 at 160+. Weighing 40kg less and snatching only 2-3kg less is really impressive! The crowd though, they were not as impressive. He gives them an amazing performance, but only when he fails do they cheer. Shameful.

My fav lifter so unlucky in the 2008 Olympics gave 30kg to away to Steiner 460kg total weighing 124kg Steiner had help from above that day

125.7kg of muscle

haters=motivators

this guy can to play LB in nfl

misha koklvae (sp on his name) could of gave rezazadeh a big run for his money with his 210 snatch (hes capable of more with those long arms) .

He's the only superheavy lifter I've seen who is not fat.

Yeah i understand that, but i've always been curious to know exactly why. Why do you need so much extra calories & body fat? Rezazadeh weighs about 350lb, but he looks pregnant. If he had huge arms & legs to go with the belly (like an offseason bodybuilder) i could understand where that extra food goes. Its like it all just goes to build a bigger belly.

Think lasha did 488kg weighing 173kg chigichev did 460kg weighing 124kg impressive was to big for 105kg too small for 105+ but competed amazingly

whats going in with the crowd?! it´s a shame! you got to show respect to every lifter that enters the stage... really poor

haw tail is chigishev

Yeah, but barring a few, all the heavyweights look like they are carrying a baby in their belly. It doesn't really make any difference, but why are they generally that shape? Chigishev is the exception. It seems strange that they need such excessive bodyfat to create the right conditions to lift at their best.

chigishev=the russian rybakou

Amazing lifter. Awful crowd.

@truegirl2anna i play AF (in Italy) for me is very grat sport, very fisicaly, atlets, big, strong, and a lot of study for formation , variabiity situation etc. and it's not only for niggaz, the best hiteer are white guys

There are people in the crowd walking in his line of sight in the Clean & Jerk and cheering his miss, shameful - I hope Qatar is never able to host a weightlifting event again.

The crowd is absolute filth. How can somebody cheer when a man misses a lift? How can they be talking between each other when somebody is trying to put 240kg+ over his head? The crowd in Turkey did the same thing to Lu Xiaojun when he failed his last C&J in 2010, but at least they were quiet for his lift. If I were coordinating the event I'd force those people to leave and make them miss Rezazadeh's final lift. That would have been appropriate.