The Prince Of Weightlifting | Khaki Kakhiashvili

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Khaki Kakiashvili, or Akakios Kakiasvili, was a soviet, then Georgian, then greek olympic weightlifter. He was the third man to win 3 olympic weightlifting gold, and is the 17th best weightlifter to ever live.
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Special mention to a 20 minutes Georgian documentary from which you'll be able to find most of the exclusive footage from many part of the video, you can find it here:
• Kakhiashvili 1981-2004
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00:00 Intro
00:037 Childhood and early training
02:03 USSR junior team
04:07 First senior appearance
05:00 The unified team in 1992
05:52 Greatest moment of weightlifting
09:08 Competing for Georgia
10:13 Moving to Greece
11:28 Greek Training philosophy
12:41 Competing for Greece
13:22 1996 Olympics
14:25 Epic rivalry
16:48 2000 Olympics
18:18 2004 Olympic cycle
19:46 Outro

Пікірлер: 31

@taylorprobets4661 28 күн бұрын

babe wake up new vintage content

@Hairy.Whodini 27 күн бұрын

If anyone is wondering where he is now, Khaki is the current president of the Georgian Weightlifting Federation.

@lucassak1 28 күн бұрын

Lets take a moment to appreciate the effort of Vintage Lifts to make those awesome videos and the fact he also keeps it free to watch. I'm from brazil so its harder to support from buying merch, but I will do my best because this content have enormous value to keep weightlifting history alive

@ozwunder69 27 күн бұрын

Make as in edit

@davidtatro7457 28 күн бұрын

Wonderful video, thanks for posting! I am just getting into weightlifting and had never heard of him before now. His story is amazing!

@xgamermudkip7154 28 күн бұрын

kakhi was one of the only guys at or near the top who had something left in the tank when he made his best total. he probably could have done 237, and definitely 190 in barcelona.

@xgamermudkip7154 28 күн бұрын

georgia had to wait 12 years between kakhi and georgi, and another 12 for lasha, which georgian will emerge to win gold at LA 2028? We've seen a super, and 2 middle weights, i think its time for a featherweight

@ozwunder69 26 күн бұрын

Pretty sure he hadn't lifted more than 180 by 1992 Olympics

@ludwighoijer 28 күн бұрын

Fantastic vid.

@JimTheThe 26 күн бұрын

Great work!

@nickcustodi592 28 күн бұрын

They aren’t built like this anymore! The fact he was push/power jerking these weights is unreal.

@o-neil 28 күн бұрын

Banger video

@ghostedblinker_samsonpill 27 күн бұрын

great vid!!!!!!!!!!!

@murraywallace8266 28 күн бұрын

Vintage weightlifting ❤

@isaacpiper510 27 күн бұрын

I love your vids

@Mr.Ciobanu 28 күн бұрын

11:34 is that where Grizzly trains now? I wonder

@user-ld3qz8kh5n 27 күн бұрын

yes!! there is a photo with Kachi and Grizzli also.Grizzli was a competitive weight lifter at these times

@Mr.Ciobanu 27 күн бұрын

@@user-ld3qz8kh5n fuck yeah, that makes him even more legendary

@gwgiagal5065 28 күн бұрын

🏋️🏋️

@BuJammy 13 күн бұрын

Alexiev next?

@user-ld3qz8kh5n 27 күн бұрын

he is half Greek....his mother is Greek.That's the true reason he came to Greece

@HIMCULES 5 сағат бұрын

Exactly, his mother's name is Maria Lamprianidi.

@bumpercoach 28 күн бұрын

nobody has yet beaten KKs 145k over bdwt C&J ... probably nobody ever will

@ozwunder69 27 күн бұрын

Kharpaty did it first in 1988

@HIMCULES 5 сағат бұрын

@@ozwunder69in which competition.

@nchinth 25 күн бұрын

then who's king?

@VorpalBR 24 күн бұрын

Probably Pyrros Dimas, because he has more olympic medals (3 consecutive golds and 1 bronze)

@nchinth 23 күн бұрын

@@VorpalBR then what does that make Naim, who has the highest sinclair?

@VorpalBR 23 күн бұрын

@@nchinth It's a good point, Naim has the biggest Sinclair and Pyrros has had more success in the Olympics.

@HIMCULES 5 сағат бұрын

@@nchinthSinclair just means he was the strongest tiny little guy, among tiny little guys. If you are trapped under a car, they are not going to bring out a tiny car for him to lift. Either you are stronger or you are not. Sinclair means nothing in real life.