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Athlete: Meso Hassona

Meso Hassona clean and jerks 220kg in training, and Ilya Ilyin front squats and snatches

Meso Hassona 220kg Clean & Jerk, Ilya Ilyin Front Squat/Snatch | 2019 WWC Training Hall

This is a training session from the 2019 World Championships training hall, less than one week out from competition. Meso Hassona (QAT 96) worked up to a training lift in the clean and jerk at 220kg, the heaviest training lift from any 96kg lifter in the training hall, and a lift that only one other …

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Meso Hassona interview about Kianoush Rostami, Tian Tao, and the Olympics

Meso Hassona Interview | His Rivalry with Tian Tao, and Going 190/240 at the Olympic Games

Meso Hassona (96 QAT) is one of the fastest improving and most successful weightlifters alive. After setting a Jr World Record in the clean and jerk and total at 225kg / 397kg at just 20 years of age, he went on to take the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. Now, at 22 years …

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Lasha Talakhadze and Lu Xiaojun at the 2019 World Championships training hall

Inside The Weightlifting World Championships Training Hall | Day 1

This is part one in the new Weightlifting House YouTube series where we take you into the most competitive, most elite training hall in the world at the Weightlifting World Championships 2019. Each day hundreds of the greatest weightlifters in the world, and a small handful of the greatest of all-time, train side by side, …

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