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Weightlifting World record holder Vasily Alekseyev dies at 69
Reuters ^
| November 25, 2011
| Gennady Fyodorov;
Posted on 11/25/2011 8:10:35 PM PST by PallMal
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To: PallMal
What you said. Alexseyev was a beast. RIP.
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posted on
11/25/2011 8:35:49 PM PST
by
WVRockDJ
(Mountaineer by birth; USMC by choice; Christian by Grace.)
To: Mr. K
I believe Ken Patera was the first to 500 lbs and Alekseyev was second. They were supposed to have quite a battle at the 1972 Games but Patera failed to make a clean lift, so he couldn’t post a ‘total’ weight lifted score.
In the days of the Cold War he was one of the few Soviet athletes that seemed to have a personality.
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posted on
11/25/2011 8:35:52 PM PST
by
LRoggy
(Peter's Son's Business)
To: runninglips
World class weightlifters aren’t fat. They’re usually around 12 percent.
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posted on
11/25/2011 8:49:26 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(If a person won't learn under the best of times, than he must learn under the worst of times.)
To: dfwgator
If he was Soviet, he was steroids.
That’s how they worked.
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posted on
11/25/2011 8:52:30 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(If a person won't learn under the best of times, than he must learn under the worst of times.)
To: TSgt
Goals of weightlifting and bodybuilding are different.
It doesn’t necessarily mean bodybuilders aren’t strong. Just look up Franco Columbo and Ronnie Cole.
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posted on
11/25/2011 8:55:37 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(If a person won't learn under the best of times, than he must learn under the worst of times.)
To: dfwgator
“I remembered as kids we would practice weightlifting and wed all pretend we are Alekseyev. Another icon of my youth gone.”
Hahahaha...out in the garage with the guys...big lift would get DAH! DAH!
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posted on
11/25/2011 8:57:33 PM PST
by
jessduntno
("They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong." - RR)
To: PallMal
I remember watching Alekseyev on tv during the Olympics and always thought the phrase “clean and jerk” sounded unusual and primitive.
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posted on
11/25/2011 9:04:32 PM PST
by
Falconspeed
("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
To: PallMal
Yes, I remember him well. Huge as a bear. Sorry to see him go - more likely a victim of Russian health care than steroids. Juicers don’t live to be 69. Sure hate to be one of his pallbearers.
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posted on
11/25/2011 10:38:28 PM PST
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: Jonty30
26, (nope, not naked, there was a g-string) then 56, I held up pretty well into my early 60s, today at 72, forgedabodit.
To: PallMal
“died of a long illness”
Whenever I read that, I assume cancer.
Anyway, Russia sure produces some epic weightlifters. Not sure exactly why, but they do.
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posted on
11/25/2011 11:05:34 PM PST
by
Strk321
To: Falconspeed
“I remember watching Alekseyev on tv during the Olympics and always thought the phrase clean and jerk sounded unusual and primitive.”
LOL, what were your thoughts watching the Olympics as to the phrase, “snatch”?
To: TSgt
The list is impressive. IIRC, he was paid extra for each record he set; hence, the small increments and numerous entries.
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posted on
11/25/2011 11:14:01 PM PST
by
burroak
To: TSgt
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posted on
11/25/2011 11:17:36 PM PST
by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
To: Revolting cat!
unlike the dead U.S. Commie journalist on another thread today. That's always cause for a celebration, though.
To: TSgt
Wow! I thought that guy would have been long dead by now. I remember those pics of the barbell just bending under the weight, then the throw down THUMP!
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posted on
11/26/2011 12:50:02 AM PST
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: Jonty30
I am curious about that. Obviously Arnold S. was incredibly strong, but I wonder just how much weight he could lift at his peak.
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posted on
11/26/2011 12:54:59 AM PST
by
boop
("Let's just say they'll be satisfied with LESS"... Ming the Merciless)
To: PallMal
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posted on
11/26/2011 2:50:02 AM PST
by
ADemocratNoMore
(Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
To: PallMal
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posted on
11/26/2011 2:50:18 AM PST
by
ADemocratNoMore
(Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
To: PallMal
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posted on
11/26/2011 2:56:55 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
To: Sea Parrot
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posted on
11/26/2011 3:00:08 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(Michelle, Sarah, Perry now Newt over Mitt.....that is how I've seen it and it's where we are)
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