Backflips, Boos and Cheers - M-67kg European Weightlifting Championships 2023

[@willie-4893]

Seb and Max provide the most extensive historical (and current) perspective regarding weightlifting. They both have a "great presence of mind" regarding the athletes and the sport of weightlifting. Thank you, Seb and Max 😁

[@strongestdirector6137]

This is the most relentless audience I've ever seen

[@eldigitom9680]

My new favorite sport, almost totally due to Weightlifting House and covering these events...thx!

[@Jamie0175]

People should never blame athletes for politics and history unless the athlete themselves brings it to the event.

[@atmoodybooty]

Why not? Sports are inherently political. It's the only reason they're funded - especially niche Olympic sports like Weightlifting.

[@Jamie0175]

@@atmoodybooty Because you end up with something like the 1972 Munich massacre. Besides, just like with random civilians, for all you know they might share your politics.

[@atmoodybooty]

@@Jamie0175 The crowd is booing.. not assaulting anyone. Anything beyond that wouldn't be because politics are in sports, but because of someone's individual aggression. Sports are fun(ded) because of the pride and politics of them.

[@Jamie0175]

@@atmoodybooty Collective guilt and collective blame are dangerous and imbecilic. Athletes are individual people not political soldiers or an extension of some government. Political obsessed zealots are the ones who ruin sports for everyone.

[@atmoodybooty]

@@Jamie0175 Olympic athletes, quite literally, are extensions of "some government." These are sports organizations that are organized, funded, and operated by government entities. If someone lifts for a country, that is because they have gone through a legal process to literally be an extension of their national governing body, with their competitive results in representation of their country, not even themselves.

[@Bromeostasis]

So I’m new to watching weight lifting….. I’m really enjoying it…. But I think it is super strange that they sometimes slowmo zoom on the people chalking there hands after the lift has taken place haha.

[@seda6575]

Ապրես,մեռնեմ քեզ,տղա ջան, փառք ու պատիվ քեզ,զավակս, որդիս,կեցցես մեր երկրի պատիվը բարձր պահելու համար,սիրուն տղա ջան

[@OlivertheOne12]

Let's gooooo

[@Scaw]

I remember seeing Frank Rothwell in a riveting contest against Pat Redmond many years ago.

[@OverG88]

Damn, I feel kinda bad for that Bosnian guy. Considering that Om Yun Chol in the 55 kg category snatches 30 kg more than him.

[@-angeldust]

many girls snatch way below their bodyweight and i only see guys simping but when men cant compete with others of the category ppl talk them down

[@federicocarnebale]

He knows that, he is there to feel the competition not to win

[@miskee11]

Also his name "Durak" is Russian/Bulgarian/Ukrainian for "idiot".

[@OverG88]

@@federicocarnebale That’s the tragedy with their competition mentality in sports. You will barely ever hear that they come to win.

[@markolsen7946]

Durak is still young, and making it to group A of the Euro championships is still an massive achievement

[@sil.d5]

Just curious.. is it a tradition in weightlifting to do a backflip after a pr?

[@Bigdog33R]

When a lift is "challenged" and undergoes jury review, who is the jury? Is it the same 3 judges on the lights? Is it a different person? A group of different people? Thanks for anyone who can clarify for me.

[@chocoloco3921]

There's another group of judges. Sometimes you can see them behind a desk behind the center judge

[@theparadisesnare]

The jury consists of completely different set of judges, they’re there if a lifter challenge the original judge’s decision. The jury will analyze the lift and can either uphold or overturn the original decision

[@precisepickleball3279]

I used to always like rooting for the gritty Armenia lifters. The atrocities committed against them literally over 100 years ago are no doubt henious, but it doesn't excuse the crowds behavior for these individual athletes trying to do their best. No more shall I root for their lifters, and my opinion of their country has been severely tarnished.

[@Bdhdheksnsb]

100 years ago? Try also 2020, and right now.

[@Mourad1m]

You should see when armenian footboll team was in Turkey! Turks tried to roll around the buss they were in

[@drewlawrence5289]

Armenian Mr. Wonderful at 1:34:02

[@communityiscringe4087]

There Will never be another naim

[@Mourad1m]

Do not forget that he died because of steroids!

[@masonmorgan8560]

The weightlifting app isn’t working.

[@Bdhdheksnsb]

Damn the Armenians cleaned house throughout this whole competition, they almost always seem to be a level above the rest.

[@SirWhorshoeMcGee]

Absolutely ridiculous cheers and whistling from the Armenian crowd. Imagine a Polish crowd cheering Germans failing their lifts. Such a disgrace.

[@Bdhdheksnsb]

Not even remotely the same thing. You are ignorant to the history and current events. Also Germany doesn’t deny of it unlike Turkey.

[@SirWhorshoeMcGee]

I could say the same about you. What I mentioned is still a huge deal to a vast amount of Poles.

[@larryboi2706]

The stage was well done but the audience and those burning/removing flags prove that armenia should not host more competetions. We will see if Türkiye does it better next year which is could bet lots of money on

[@Mourad1m]

What about turks trying to roll around the buss which was carrying armenian footboll team!

[@larryboi2706]

@@Mourad1m That is not how you answer to critic

[@keianbahmani5005]

What happened to the North Korean team? Its disbanded or banned?

[@jonassmidt7534]

I don't know if you refer to it in general, but in this European competition, the north Korean is not allowed to enter :)

[@eniseeser6085]

Such a shame for Armenian audience…

[@federicocarnebale]

Its not fear its pure hate against Turkey, i mean i would feel the same if i were armanian

[@PowBro]

Armenians: "you reach i teach"

[@johndoherty-hh2ck]

Max I enjoy your expert commentary but if you’re taking the elevator up and then walking down a flight instead of walking up 2 flights maybe you should drop down a body weight class or 2. I walk up a 100 flights of stairs after my weight workout and I’m 63.

[@patricklang7162]

Jesus the replays are still so bad. Why would they ever zoom on the athletes face when all we care about is the entirety of the lift?