Tian Tao is the 2016 Rio Olympic silver medalist, the 2018 World Championships silver medalist, and the 2014 Asian Games champion. Born on the 4th April 1994. At the age of 17 at the Chinese Intercity Games Tian unofficially broke all of the youth world records in the 77 kg class, most spectacularly including a 205 kg clean and jerk, a lift that was not only 23 kg above the youth world record but also 3 kg over the junior world record.
2016 Rio Olympics – 85 kg – 178 kg / 217 kg / 385 kg – 2nd
2013 WWC Wroclaw – 85 kg – 160 kg/ – / – NA
2014 WWC Astana – 85 kg – 170 kg / 205 kg / 375 kg – 5th
2015 WWC Houston – 85 kg – 178 kg / – / – NA
2018 WWC Ashgabat – 96 kg – 181 kg / 226 kg WR / 407 kg – 2nd
2014 Asian Games – 85 kg – 163 kg / 218 kg / 381 kg – 1st
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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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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The weightlifting news from this week (Feb 13th-20th) includes: The plan for more athlete power within the IWF China’s superstars and their backlog of unnamed record-holders (videos below) Kate Nye (USA -76) cleans 150kg off the blocks, 11kg over the American record You can listen to the news show using the player below, and subscribe …
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Whilst at the 2019 World Championships we filmed a full training session featuring the three world record holders Lu Xiaojun, Tian Tao, and Yang Zhe. Lu Xiaojun (81), eleven-time world record holder, Olympic champion, and five-time World Champion, worked up in the back squat to a heavy single of 270 kg, 35 kg less than …
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The 49th ‘Challenge 210’ takes place next week in Tramelan, Switzerland, October 24-27th. This competition is a bronze tier qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and acts as one of the six necessary competitions that can fulfill qualification. Amongst those on the start list for this competition are China’s A-team, a team that comprises …
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It seems that the oscillation debate has come back into the weightlifting ether, the stem of which generally comes from a lack of understanding as to what the rule actually says. In this article, we will take a look at the exact rule as stated by the IWF technical and competition rules and regulations, as …
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The Olympic silver-medalist Tian Tao (CHN -96) has turned up alongside the rest of the Chinese national team at the training hall of the 2019 Asian Championships in his home country. Fortunately for us, ATG is there keeping us all updated with the awesome footage. Tian hit a comfortable 210 kg clean and jerk which …
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One of the greatest things to have come out of the internet is the free passage of information. Even so it has still taken years for the passing of Chinese weightlifting to flow so easily to our screens. There are now several instagram pages that are doing us great favours in documenting and revealing much …
Tian Tao’s leg strength is nothing short of legendary. His speed in standing up world record weight cleans is astonishing and in the current era perhaps akin to none other. Below are examples of his insane leg strength. The first a 236 kg WR clean weighing just 93 kg, the second a 221 kg clean …
Team China is well known for their heavy rack holds, but rarely have we seen them push these holds to their maximal limits. It is not uncommon to see the Chinese national team un-rack and even perform rack dips with loads far above their max clean and jerks and even front squats just days before …