This week we saw multiple unofficial world record jerks, as well as a 146kg unofficial WR snatch by 61kg He Yueji. Lu Xiaojun (81) and Tian Tao (96) hit some heavy power snatches, though no one is yet to catch a 160kg power snatch higher than Boady Santavy (96) who threw down his new PR …
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The 96 kg weight class currently faces a huge power vacuum. The Iranian titans Sohrab Moradi and Kianoush Rostami seem unlikely to qualify for the Olympics, and the reigning world champion Tian Tao facing some extremely tough competition in simply making selection in the highly qualified Chinese men’s team. As a result of this, there …
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The senior Canadian record holder Boady Santavy has been sentenced to 90 days in jail following an incident from April 2018. Boady has been charged for leaving the scene of a crash, previously described by the Blackburn News as a ‘hit and run collision’, having knocked down and caused ‘serious injuries‘ to a pedestrian. Boady …
Canada’s no.1 weightlifter Boady Santavy hit a 191kg power clean & power jerk for a personal best in training this week. Boady said that he attempted the lift in order to beat his friend Meso Hassona who hit this 190kg power clean & push jerk last December. Boady placed 7th at the 2018 WWC where …
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