Bar to 222kg Snatch | Lasha Talakhadze

Watch Lasha Talakhadze +109 at the European Weightlifting Championships 2023 building up to 222kg in the snatch. The men's +109 at the European Weightlifting Championships 2023 was extremely exciting, with Georgian Lasha Talakhadze competing against the two Armenians Simon Martirosyan and Varazdat Lalayan.
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[@zacktelander]

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[@WeightliftingHouse]

Your comments are out of control everybody knows that

[@zacktelander]

@@WeightliftingHouse I inject your videos into my veins.

[@Mr.Ciobanu]

komedi, yes?

[@Craig_Alexander]

@@zacktelander Zack come home, theres Pibb in the fridge. these comments are out of hand since you went to Vermont

[@Procharmo]

Next level comments from Zack!

[@carlosgruss7289]

We are so lucky to have Weightlifting House document the Lasha era of WL.

[@M1tjakaramazov]

I used to interview Behdad Salimi at the Olympics, and it was funny how everyone thought he and his country was gonna rule the sport from there on. Hossein Rezazadeh was hovering in the background for some kind of moral support, and the whole thing just appeared set for years to come. And here we are, a new giant rules the sport like the other guy never existed. So it goes...

[@a.b.4474]

Lasha, I think, made lot of great athletes look like minor league players, seriously overshadowed them and maybe even most upcoming ones, as well, I mean who will snatch 220+ and if not how are you going to get even close to his records?

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

I was a fan of Salimi, at 2016 looked like Lasha came out of nowhere... Now we know he's the best.

[@oboyy]

Iran got sidetracked in weightlifting because of politics, not Lasha. This doesn't take away from Lashas greatness but you're making it sound like he buried the country which he didn't. I admire the Iranian weightlifters for what they've achieved with little to no infrastructure and backing from their country.

[@a.b.4474]

@@oboyy Politics? Lasha Simply broke Every record there was and Georgian economy and “infrastructure” (whatever that dubious sentence meant?)is far from superior to Iranian or any other so that was a Stupid comparison

[@atp180]

@@a.b.4474I have to disagree. Yes, Iran is far ahead or Georgia in terms of overall GDP and infrastructure, but they are behind in the organizational efforts required to succeed in sports. Especially in comparison to Georgia, which is an ex-Soviet state. I’m sure you know that ex-Soviet states absolutely excel in athletic organization. They are great at conducting nation-wide programs that funnel gifted youth onto bigger stages. They are also masters at using PED’s without getting caught. That’s precisely which ex-Soviet/communist nations dominate in weightlifting. Now go to Iran… You might find a random guy who became the coach for the national team just because of his political views. He might only gives his athletes 500mg of testosterone weekly, because he doesn’t know how to run anavar, tren, dbol, hgh etc. without getting caught. So his athletes suffer. I’m sure that if Salimi had the same drug protocol and coaching that Lasha has, he would have hit similar numbers or even higher.

[@lolololalala8225]

He is so damn big, and when you see him lift he does it with such grace. It's unbelievable.

[@crazycjk]

I absolutely love these Bar To X athlete highlight videos

[@mmbicoshake]

The goat is at work Thank you weightlifting house for backroom behind-the-scenes

[@joshuabeeker]

That arena, the training hall area, the commentary. That quick clip was a masterpiece. What an experience!!!!

[@familymann454]

217kg moves like an empy bar, holy fuck.

[@thearm95]

and the 100kg in the warmup room moving like a stick of balsa wood

[@themiker15]

@@thearm95 i wonder how high he could throw 100kg if he just let go of the bar at the top

[@thearm95]

@@themiker15 probably about 4 feet😆

[@simonwhite-eu3bp]

His technique and speed in astonishing.

[@Grig-iw3hw]

И никто не думает, сколько инъекций стероидов сделал Талахадзе. И никто не вспоминает Ловчева, которого убрали из конкурентов Талахадзе.

[@RHIMYM]

​@@Grig-iw3hw tout le monde le fait

[@EmorettaRobinson]

I enjoyed watching that whole thing. If you watch the whole competition there are two women in the audience (one blonde and the other brunette) and when Lasha would approach to lift they had their heads down or turned away. But after he successfully made the lift then they would cheer and wave the flag. I'm thinking it could have been his wife or girlfriend. It was the sweetest thing to see.

[@gega.k3586]

Blond girl is Lashas wife ;-)

[@EmorettaRobinson]

@@gega.k3586 oh! Thanks for letting me know.🙂

[@MerabJBasilaia]

Lashas wife and sister

[@dan-wh]

As others have said, they are his wife and his sister. His wife joined him on stage after the competition (despite nearly being tackled by the Armenian President's security as she made her way there!)

[@billkenney2855]

Good lord, look at how quickly he went up with that 222!!!! If you’ve ever worked in any lift with even 405, you know. Mind blowing.

[@Yipsy_Powerlifting]

He just snatched my deadlift+22kg over his head😢😢😢

[@anthonytroia1493]

Just great to watch LT's progression here. But my question/worry is this: while Lasha looks as strong as ever, if not stronger, his fitness seems to be lagging. He was fantastic through the snatch competition, but seemed out of gas for the c&j. I'm worried he's not up to finishing strong in a full meet. In December we heard vague talk about a heart problem--from my experience he seems to present as a person with an enlarged heart or other cardiac issue. I love watching him lift and am rooting for 500kg, but I'd rather he live a long life with wife and kids. Any inside info that can be shared?

[@jiv32]

Lasha casually throwing up 222kg like I throw up an empty bar.

[@HonkeyKongLive]

My brain still doesn't fully comprehend a guy doing 200kg in the back as a warmup.

[@РусланАвтарханов-о2м]

Лалоян не одолел 218 психологически, а мог! Лаша- монстр!

[@giorgitatarashvili3875]

ლაშა, ქართველო ლომო 🇬🇪 საამაყო კაცი და დიდი მამულიშვილი

[@viktorpapa6582]

Shout out to Armenia to setting up such a great venue for the show!!!!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Loved the backstage(how do you call it??😅) too!!! 🇦🇲👌🏻🔥🔥🔥

[@thorthewolf8801]

What amateur work is that, the rubber mats in the warm up area coming up after dropping the bar down?!

[@-angeldust]

lol why tf u crying crybaby

[@georgefenrirbitadze4757]

It's in Armenia, what do you expect?

[@dan-wh]

@@georgefenrirbitadze4757 The competition venue and training hall were actually both fantastic. The Armenians put a lot of effort in to make this a great weightlifting competition and it really showed. I didn't hear any complaints from athletes about the platforms.

[@Sup3ba11]

@@georgefenrirbitadze4757 ну куда же Армении до Грузии, там всё лучше, и небо голубее и вода чище, Фрунзик не прав был, первое место все же не в сан Франсиско было а в тебе, eбаный чепуш, какое ты имеешь право так писать про целую страну? Люди старались организовали такое Мега мероприятие, как по мне лучшее за всю историю проведений, а ты так небрежно написал будто Армения это какое то островное государство в тихом океане с одним светофором и президентом людоедом.

[@WeightliftingHouse]

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[@jessen00001]

Wow ❤🎉

[@marymissmary]

Big thanks for the live and on demand worlds coverage!!!!

[@sandrovaro]

He is a 🤴🏻!!

[@mvdrummond]

Seb before comp: "We will have a great fight between Lasha and Lalayan!" Seb in training hall: "We won't have a fight, but we will have world records!" Seb after competition: I will pretend I said nothing.

[@vfxforge]

hype hype hype, its all good tho :)

[@dan-wh]

What do you want him to do? Be negative about the prospects for the competition and then, after no one watches, say "here's what you missed!"? Unpredictability is the very nature of what makes sport exciting, so noone is going to predict things right all the time.

[@mvdrummond]

@@dan-wh Say what you will, but there is a difference between hyping and deliberately misleading. In the end its the number of viewers that matter, but I really don't know whether this is the best way of attracting them. Finally, Weightlifting House is doing an amazing job in disseminating the sport. Oly weightlifting is very boring unless you know the players (and so are many other sports).

[@dan-wh]

@@mvdrummond That's quite an accusation. Everything that Seb said was based on the information we were getting from teams. We weren't the only people who thought Lalayan would be in great shape to take advantage if Lasha had an issue or to be told that there might be a record attempt. Things panning out differently does not mean we deliberately mislead anyone.

[@mvdrummond]

@@dan-wh That's fair. To be more specific: - Fight between Lasha and Lalayan was misleading, as Lasha was/is is almost-top shape, ergo unbeatable. - World records (not) happening, I accept that it did not pan out. I appologize on this one.

[@cows543]

How long until Lasha snatches 220 in the training hall?

[@e.c.9468]

that's what I though xD

[@giorgigabritchidze2451]

I mean he has snatched 225 in his training hall

[@arpussupra]

He did in the training hall before Tokyo

[@jessen00001]

Wow what a comp ❤🎉

[@soyanchd5439]

The world: Damn look at Nassar 221CJ! Lasha: Lemme snatch that real quick 😂

[@NONO-hz4vo]

And to Nassar's credit he would have won in the 109kg group for the total. insane.

[@dan-wh]

@@NONO-hz4vo He would have beaten everyone up to the +109 podium as well!

[@ioanealavidze4716]

THE GOAT

[@Brey]

That 222kg was so smooth. I think he's at peak snatch performance again. 500kg total in Paris hopefully.

[@Montie-Adkins]

Oh thank goodness I was wrong. Lasha looks like his pre-injury self. Excellent.

[@retardno002]

Thank you!!! Amazing content. Love you guys!

[@-Azure.EXE-]

Lasha at the bottom of a squat looks like a transformer. The girth in the legs and belly just packages itself to fit perfectly into a ball of power.

[@jordanscott415]

God those platforms in the warm up area were awful.

[@NONO-hz4vo]

I thought it was going to fall apart after every lift.

[@harborwolf22]

Watching him warm up is insane...

[@davidrioux611]

Awesome 👏 👍😎

[@Theo-ul8qm]

I think if someone's first exposure to weightlifting was Lasha Talakhadze in competition, they'd think this is the easiest sport in the world. It's crazy how easy he makes it look.

[@ultraL2]

his wife in the crowd being his biggest fan

[@TheCoadyp]

What the fuck was up with the training platforms?

[@SonicVirtualizer]

Guess that's Eleiko quality these days.

[@MultiPain101]

Goddamn, I think this might be one of the snazziest venues for Weightlifting, to date

[@dan-wh]

It really was fantastic.

[@andrew98115wl]

Looking forward to an epic snatch battle of history at the next world's! Gor, Lalayan and Lasha.

[@augustinep6193]

So good.

[@TrollHunterxXx]

Lasha makes it look so good 😮

[@CopperBased]

The level that he doesn't care about 100kg is amazing.

[@Montie-Adkins]

I'm confused or amazed. Did the workout they were doing go right in to the contest lifting? Did Lasha work up to 200 kg proceeded by several lifts then go out and do 210kg?

[@HannibalBarcaRTW]

Amazing

[@carterwilson1090]

Epic. Glory to God. Christos Anesti!

[@RockyTucsonPaik]

LIGHT WEIGHT BABYYYYY

[@vancap9725]

My first muscle mag was a Sept., 1962 Strength & Health and on the cover was American Norm Schemansky snatching a new world record of 362 lbs. This guy just did 489 lbs., 127 lbs. more! Norb must have jumped out of his grave.

[@არჩილაფციაური-გ5წ]

ლაშა ტალახაძე საამაყო ქართველი 👏🙌💪

[@andrew98115wl]

Is that Gor in disguise as an official at 5:22?Spying on Lasha! 😁

[@MichelangeloK]

Does anyone know, what happened to Lasha after his last c&j in competition?

[@sandrovaro]

Everything ok now.

[@unedited2716]

💯🏋INSPIRING WOOW MY BLOOD IS PUMPING🌡 THOUSAND PLUS MILES AWAY.SOO PROUD OF YOU TRUE 🏆 CHAMPION🎖🏅

[@shaky_lifts]

Any news about the Asian Championships?

[@helder1340]

what the... this dude can snatch my bike with me sitting on it

[@andr1]

didnt they say lasha is going for a WR. looking forward to the clean and jerks

[@giorgigabritchidze2451]

I think he will go for the records in the next competiton, which i think is in Georgia

[@presiankalapov177]

This guy is lifting 100kg over his head the same way i lift a pataoe. Holy shit

[@wolfganghasenmaier8350]

500 lbs snatch is in him,woooooooooooooooowwwww! There was a time start of 1970s... when Alexejev did the unthinkable and did a 500 lbs c l e a n and j e r k...

[@dicovery6705]

❤❤🇬🇪

[@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341]

I don't know much about the history between Armenians and Georgians but I am seeing hostility here, why?

[@giorgigabritchidze2451]

We were pretty good friends in the past but at one point Armenians betrayed us so the relationship went downwards, i have no such hostility towards them thought, as any rationaly thinking human should, because in this world we should be together for the future generatons

[@jgamma4111]

The only visible hostility is just healthy sport competition. Lasha, Varazdat, and Simon were all quick to congratulate each other after it was over and the Georgians showed courtesy to the Armenian team by choosing not to steal Varazdat's clock on his 3rd attempt even when it may have secured an even earlier victory. Naturally the Armenian home crowd favours their own lifters, but they were very respectful and applauded all of Lasha's attempts.

[@kiasorento21-yu1dd]

No hostility at all, just the rivalry between neighbors that could be observed all around the world

[@johnd2550]

​@@giorgigabritchidze2451 lol what betrayal are you talking about lol

[@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341]

@@kiasorento21-yu1dd I was seeing some comments that are kinda disturbing to read...... I guess that's just a few people going overboard.

[@flyingduck7259]

another championship another opportunity for Armenians to learn Georgian Anthem. Jokes aside lalayian is improving greatly.

[@NONO-hz4vo]

I don't really understand the intricacies of the Georgian/Armenian relationship but I did notice that the hometown boost definitely applied to this comparison. Armenia wound up taking more points than any other nation with Georgia coming in 2nd. Individually in the men's competition I would say the biggest nights went to Karlos and Lasha. Karlos hitting a total that would win in the 109kg cat as an 89kg and Lasha for hitting 222kg snatch so clean and winning by a large margin without even taking his 3rd lift.

[@dan-wh]

@@NONO-hz4vo The normal people at least seem pretty friendly with each other (certainly none of the animosity of the Armenia relationship with Turkey and Azerbaijan) - I know they fought each other in the past (last time about a hundred years ago) and there are some political frictions but I think the people see each other as neighbours rather than enemies. Certainy, the Georgian athletes were warmly received.

[@a.b.4474]

Make more ofthis

[@omniyambot9876]

do their weight class have no limits on bodyweight?

[@Sceherzo]

There is no upper limit in the SHW class

[@Kotegug]

Thats why its called 109kg +

[@omniyambot9876]

@@Kotegug ok thanks that's what I understabnd just confirming

[@lefterakisgraou9726]

why minasyan didnt compete?

[@kathirpagalavan6448]

he shifted to team bahrain

[@dan-wh]

He switched to Bahrain, so will comperte in the Asian Championships in a couple of weeks time.

[@hamm0155]

Do you guys think Lasha could do somewhat of a cut and then bulk back up from, say, 5-10 kilos lighter, without messing up his lifts, for a power-belly reset?

[@cliptomaniac2562]

The belly is the source of his power!!!

[@Apjooz]

What's a power-belly reset.

[@TrollHunterxXx]

Doesn’t seem to be effective him performance wise … his big size is an advantage for sure

[@shaulbenshimon6463]

В чем достижение поднимать 150% своего веса?

[@gsmservice2202]

что мешает тебе поднять?

[@shaulbenshimon6463]

@@gsmservice2202 Были штангисты поднимавшие 300% своего веса. В чем величие пузатого грузина? В том что он родился большим?

[@gsmservice2202]

@@shaulbenshimon6463ты его видел в 17-18 лет?:)

[@faggianogeuiseppi5135]

If lasha stays healthy no one gonna beat him

[@davidmiller9032]

This might be a crazy question but could lasha be a 109 or is he just too big to even get down to that?

[@Miiiiiiighty]

What ? Guy is 6'5.5" and weighs 180kg ... How the hell does he cut to 109 ? He probably wouldn't manage this even if he cut a leg, and most likely hasn't done this weight since he was 15... My man was already a +105 when he was 17 years old in 2010

[@dan-wh]

@@Miiiiiiighty Indeed - he weighed in at 124.30 in 2010 European U17 Champs so he wasn't even a marginal super-heavyweight. I don't think I'd want to see what he would look like as a mere heavyweight.

[@Miiiiiiighty]

@@dan-wh Where did you find his weight btw ? I tried to google it quickly but didn't find any document ..? Thx

[@trainershatehim]

This venue is crazy... huge audience for weightlifting and awesome warmup room

[@ianpier16]

Did the cleans also happen or is that a separate day?

[@timothymilsom1392]

They happened right after the snatch! Lasha hit 252kg/552# on his second attempt and declined his 3rd attempt

[@ianpier16]

@Timothy Milsom oh wow is there a weightlifting house video on it too

[@SuperYoungjb]

@@timothymilsom1392 and then right after that, Giorgi posts a just landed in Georgia video of Lasha doing 261 with ease

[@dan-wh]

@@ianpier16 There may be at some point...

[@jman454]

lasha power belly

[@SuperSilver316]

226 was so there

[@Jack-bz7vq]

German said "Wer einmal lügt, dem glaubt man nicht und wenn er auch die Wahrheit spricht"

[@ЕвгенийСемиков-з1б]

Рывок у него прекрасный лучшей чем у его рядом стоящих а вот толчок не очень 267 его конкуренты😊

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

If you that big you dont suppose move that fast and gracious..

[@Mourad1m]

God Bless you my dear Lasha ! You are competing with two of your Christian brothers! I wish they too were as christian as you are!

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

Should have been more :,(

[@haroldpepete]

lasha is the best ever in super heavy weight, there's no doubt about it, but he hasn't competition in his category, even in his worst form, he always won easily, he hasn't his chemerkin or salem jaber to put pressure to rezazadeh, he hasn't his kurlovich like pizarenko had it, lasha is like salimi in 2012 olympic, he won with one the weakest clean and jerk of olympic with 247

[@lamirorema1960]

What? Are you saying that his victories have less value because he is superior to the others? it does not make any sense. Also Lalayan 462kg total would beat Rezazadeh in the 75% of appearances in international competitions.

[@Miiiiiiighty]

@@lamirorema1960 No I think he is implying he could have done more if pushed by fierce competition, which makes the great champions thrive/try harder even more... It's not his responsability if he is that good though, but I will always wonder how far he would have gone had he had a tremendous opponent like Aleksei Lovchev was looking to be ( stronger C&Jerker than Lasha with great snatch too ). These two were shaping to be a battle of titans of the centuries before Lovchev's suspension...

[@honestbenny]

@@lamirorema1960 He measns that Lasha will never reach his full potential cause there is no competition to push him to the limits.

[@stevelynch5843]

Would love to see him go all out and prepare for a 500 total then retire and start training for Strongman

[@ЕвгенийСемиков-з1б]

Я кстати рвал 70 Я знаю о чем говорю

[@kmidst_fn5225]

I feel like Lasha is running out of time to be the first to 500. He had that injury, has already done many comps, been to the Olympics, etc. Realistically, if he doesn't do it at this year's World's, will we ever see it?

[@P.G.GEO.]

kmidst_fn. Paris 500 !💥

[@kmidst_fn5225]

@@P.G.GEO. I hope so my friend

[@TenTegens]

he is chatgpt of lifting

[@EazZiB]

I sometimes wish Lasha would just yolo attempt 230 on his last attempts 😮😂

[@karenkhaninyan6996]

👏👏👍

[@hobit7585]

Kakhi Kakhiashvili in the crowd, grey suit white t-shirt, probably thinking he has snatched 200 as a 95kg, what the hell these noobs are doing?

[@iraklis7449]

actualy lalayan can lift 2018 but he doesnt believe in himself

[@charlessavoie2367]

This is a weight similar to what pro football players use in their bouncing, arching and screwing, cheating bench presses, with their dumbed down team mates pulling up on both ends.

[@SummeRulz]

530 lbs👀

[@fmorgan351]

"greatest snatch days" hehe bruh

[@CatNerfer3000]

The Euros backroom is sexy

[@vfxforge]

that shitty training platform is triggering my OCD......

[@dan-wh]

It's hard to design a temporary platform that won't move at all with these kinds of weights dropped on them! We didn't hear any complains about the platforms from athletes or coaches, so I don't think there was a real problem. It was all Eleiko equipment, so these were hardly budget platforms.

[@vfxforge]

@@dan-wh ok, fair enough, but its the first time I've seen the mats flying loose like that in the backroom in a international comp

[@Danomax]

Ez

[@LatimusChadimus]

🏋

[@Miiiiiiighty]

Body of a bear but moves like a cat... I doubt we see another specimen like him in the next 50 years

[@LBNMKRS]

500 is impossible.

[@giorgigabritchidze2451]

Not for Lasha

[@usapower6208]

А где парашкаванские и беларашкаванские химики?

[@m.i.m.m.i.m.6131]

USA POWER кто в бегах от могилизаций а кто удобряет почву в Украине

[@Терминал-з5о]

Стероидный бройлер

[@62cripple]

Damn...! With his 100kg lifts he is so friken fast.....Fkin impressive...!

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

Great lifting! Training hall looks fancy. Lasha looked in pain after the last c&j though...

[@fredt.5011]

Awesome Bravo 👏 ❤️

[@mariavienna1305]

Love it ❤

[@jeremiahe8889]

The weight he’s lifting is like the weight of a piece of paper😅😅😅