China's Next Top Weightlifter

Snatch world record holder and world champion Li Dayin will be competing against clean and jerk world record holder and world champion Tian Tao at the 2023 Asian Weightlifting Championships in the Olympic -89kg category.
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[@daqianbao5157]

context for the general audience: Tian Tao and Liu Huanhua is coached by Yu Jie and Li Dayin is coached by Shao Guoqiang. So they train differently

[@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300]

fun fact coach Yu Jie is from the PLA and so was Liao Hui, who is now a commissioned officer after retiring

[@daqianbao5157]

@@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300 No Yu Jie is retired from the PLA. I am not sure about Liao Hui but it's more likely he is not in PLA at this moment either.

[@haoneo7433]

@@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300it’s more Like David Robinson to the NBA

[@steroidsR4losers]

Steroids doesn't do anything, can you buy my supplements that I endorse? ~Roiders

[@daqianbao5157]

@@haoneo7433 Liao Hui served in the PLA when he was a pro athlete tho.

[@tomli447]

IT DOESNT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS, LETS GO

[@tidus7081]

I've had 6:36 on repeat haha. His muscles are so wtf awesome

[@abner2193]

6:27

[@hawkahu523]

Gay

[@MrKittke]

Tian Tao at then end 😂

[@timo184]

This battle is something else. Rooting for Tian personally, but primarily hoping for a great fight. Betting on a 175/215 by Tian, but lets see if he can really push the C&J as we all know he can on a good day.

[@ke3285]

180/225 tian

[@timo184]

225 would be crazy

[@ke3285]

@@timo184 he has done as much as 218 in competition as 85kg and 225kg offseason so it isnt impossible

[@timo184]

@@ke3285 225 when he is 89 prime might be possible. Dunno if he is in that shape yet. He power cleaned 180 relatively easy in the Luxiaojun video of a few hours ago, but don't know if the jerk is at 220-225 level yet. We'll see.

[@ke3285]

@@timo184 Yea definitely something to see and I am excited regardless if he hits something big or not, I just want him to see lifting again!

[@ZachGatesHere]

Tian Tao will always have my heart but Gigachad is the future

[@WeightliftingHouse]

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[@RockyTucsonPaik]

We’ve all been waiting for this!! My popcorn is ready

[@Ckjohn77kg]

The cinematography is insane here, looking back to 2019 pattaya? That’s a long journey

[@samuel-maa]

I don't know whose voice is behind these videos but I love it every single time....very professional👌👌

[@prescottosegie]

🔥🔥🔥 the strength is amazing this content is really good. This athletes are strong keep up the amazing work 😎💪🏾

[@64wy4x8s]

6:27 ~ 6:38 godDAAAAAMN

[@giorgigabritchidze2451]

"God dayuuum"

[@zhuojunjian5976]

That back got its own life.

[@adrienleroy4708]

How do you have only 139k subs... keep up the great work

[@jsem94]

The 89's are so much fun now. Crazy.

[@SuperSilver316]

Tao can easily have the clean record this comp if he’s in shape.

[@sokjeong-ho7033]

Turns out he could

[@everest3118]

That weightlifting AI segue was seamless

[@NniCcKoO]

Tian Tao is the underdog here, let's fight 💪

[@user-kc4qc5vi7s]

Li vs Karlos will probably exciting!

[@Adrian-ms1yq]

Thank you for this contet seb

[@d3grap]

This is one of the best sales segways I have ever heard 💪

[@sisal111]

"...only to return and go up against Karlos Nassar..." what an extreme script life can write as we just learned a few hours ago about poor Karlos' injury. We can only hope he recovers quickly and in fact get back in top shape. What a treat would be to see top Chinese lifter (however it may be) vs Karlos vs Nino (also hopefully in top form) in Paris

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

I read was a full torn Achilles, that is really, really bad , I hope they pull the good grow hormone and get him ready , the question it what shape he going to be he needs to be full peak karlos for him have a chance .

[@victorjiang1167]

@@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk Was it his jerk leg or front leg? If the jerk leg, then he'll likely have to learn to split the other way because there is just too much force on the achilles being exerted on the back leg.

[@IamLEGENDkb24]

@@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk Damnn Nino has been injured and now Karlos with a torn achilles? while Tian is just coming back and Dayin moving up?.. guess we'll never see them compete against each other.. damnnn..

[@MaestroJericho]

89s is like the most stacked division but they're never all healthy/peaked at the same time lol

[@IamLEGENDkb24]

@@MaestroJericho damn looked up Nasar's injury.. thought it happened from working out.. a broken sink fell and completely severed his achilles.. damnnn

[@Miiiiiiighty]

These Olympics rules are an absolute embarrassment

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

The iwf put that on themselves, letting the sport run wild with corruption. Now they are getting treated like an outcast .

[@scottessery100]

@@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk they are lucky to be in the Olympics

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

@@scottessery100 I agree 100%

[@KrahyzHD]

Oh Tian what an icon

[@EmorettaRobinson]

When Tian Tao dropped the barbell @6:21 and caught it as it bounced back up. I actually leaned forward to see if he was going to do that repeatedly as some form of conditioning exercise that I wasn't familiar with? Seeing these three and the things they do in the back room area are just a couple of the many reasons that I'm subscribed to this channel. I low-key wonder if that whole holding weight plates on your back core exercise is one that all weightlifters do though? So if anyone knows the answer to that please let me know? It looks hard but yet effective. I also think that China only being able to send 3 men to the Olympics. And the fact that not all weight categories are Olympic categories ahould both be things that the Weightlifting committee should reconsider. But that's just my opinion. Thank you Seb and WH for the background info and footage. You are appreciated.

[@narcissus79]

not sure, but I'm gonna give it a go today to get a feel for it!

[@tgrw4811]

Amazing production as always. Have we any updates on shi? The lack of news suggests something big is brewing?

[@jarettmeyer4929]

Wow that was one smooth commercial Seb!

[@cpthornman]

Noticing a considerable amount of early arm activation with Li's lifts.

[@cacurazi]

Good catch. Is Li getting too comfortable with snatching?

[@phichau90]

cant wait for tomrrow

[@adityachauhan4873]

I don't remember a bodybuilder having an amazing aesthetic back like Li Dayin🔥given that he doesn't even train for muscle

[@danielhenderson762]

Ugh

[@user-th2fg8jf8s]

Steroids

[@thorthewolf8801]

Seb, will you upload other weightclasses from the european championships?

[@ethansaltmere]

tian tao has the best squat, best clean, ever in the history of mankind. It's just unbelievable.

[@nickburns5440]

The "China can only send three athletes total to the Olympics" storyline is not really as important as you're making it seem. They don't have a 102 or super heavyweight that has any chance of medaling. So it's gonna be Li Fabin or Chen Lijun in the 61s, Shi Zhiyong in the 73s, and one of these guys in the 89s. Sucks though how many great athletes they have and only three can compete. Sad times for weightlifting in the Olympics.

[@randommodnar7141]

Yea its more important for the women's weightlifting tbh because china dominates (or is at least competitive) all the weight classes for women. Men have historically struggled past 81

[@Francesco_Di_Pereira]

Why do they only get three athletes? That sucks!

[@Mhochul]

@@Francesco_Di_Pereira Olympics usually sets a quota for how many athletes of each discipline, that number has to be distributed relatively evenly throughout all the countries.

[@toon2792]

5:32 not really right? Realistically they’re not going to send a 102 or superheavy at the mens side, so whoever is the best at 61, 73 or 89 is going to the olympics.

[@user-dn7pz5mv7y]

They straight up call this man gigachad

[@hjhgfdrtyj]

TIAN TAO

[@christianwijaya6906]

Both got World Record ,Li Dayin got Snatch 180kg WR and Total 396kg .Tian Tao got Clean&Jerk 222kg WR

[@imhaiku3271]

what's the soundtrack at the start of the vid?

[@federicocarnebale]

Im with Tian, hes my favourite

[@MikeeB28]

Can anyone tell me where I can get tickets for the World Championships in Riyadh?

[@Francesco_Di_Pereira]

Why is it that only one of them gets to go to the olympics? Specially since their world record performances... They both deserve it

[@possumsam2189]

Blame the IOC. Meanwhile Swimming get a billion more medaling segments that they don't need.

[@KidrockHan]

Because the IOC don't want China to have more medals.

[@zeth479]

It is really unfair ..

[@Coldwallbar]

this is awesome

[@delespai5592]

Seb, how tall would you say Li Dayin is? I always saw him listed as 1.72m, but since he announced his move up he's now listed as 1.77m. I'd like to get my hands on some of those Chinese supplements.

[@zhouxu817]

When did you see him listed as 1.72???

[@IamLEGENDkb24]

Dayin looks super tall.. but when standing next to Lu or Tian.. they look like the same height..

[@delespai5592]

@@zhouxu817 I googled his height a couple of months ago and other times I just googled him and his height was listed. It always said 1.72m.

[@ws2013]

@@delespai5592 That data were from years ago when Li was still a youth/early junior lifter. He's grown up. Lu's 172cm for sure, and Li's noticeably taller than Lu.

[@hyogafeng4772]

Tian is1.73m,Li is1.76m

[@Vou11]

When is it?

[@niohavatarsoul5279]

Whats the name of the intro song? Cause i cant find it with shazam.

[@user-ft5uo8rc6g]

please tell me what is the song at the beginning? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@hodgsoncatalin3243]

I saw this video, great athletes with big muscles & power ... and my question(s) is that I wonder what are they eating ? Do they follow the traditional chinese cooked food ? How many hours they are sleeping / night?

[@1nsane295]

it's obviously going to be tian tao..... look at that 240 front squat that looked squeaky clean!!!

[@Kayssersosser]

Hi, do you have info about Shi Zhiyong ? We didn't heard much about him, maybe he's injured I have no idea

[@ThePixelro]

Still out fishing I guess…

[@NniCcKoO]

Just waiting for crushing his weightclass and power cleaning the current word record I guess..

[@Kayssersosser]

@@ThePixelro Ahahahahaha TRUUUUUE

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

Damm, I don't like someone got to go I like both,, most exciting for sure, but it is a loss either way for me 😢.

[@praveenb9922]

Did he just make the Madhara hand signs at the end of the video 😂

[@imtotallynotkevin2711]

why they make it look so light

[@kempret]

❤❤❤

[@sini0071]

7:44 lmao

[@esteban_cb9036]

What happened to Shi Zhiyong ?

[@emcfbnk]

Hi Seb ! If the top ten is constituted of 3 Chinese weightlifter , dies the Olympic selection will invite then n°11 and 12th in the world ??

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Yes that's exactly how it works.

[@emcfbnk]

@@WeightliftingHouse thank you !!

[@munga1302]

What happened with zhi zhiyong?

[@bryanthuynh9489]

Where is Shi Zhiyong?

[@BruceXuHasADream]

china numba 1!

[@nathannguyen5705]

China will certainly send Li Fabin as his totals are likely to far exceed the competition. Shi Zhiyong looks like a long shot to be in shape and there’s no real 73kg lifter other than him for China. 89KG will be Uber competitive depending on if Karlos will be recovered from his injury…I’d imagine they will ultimately go with Li Dayin as he will dominate the field in the snatch and just needs to be average in the C&J to secure gold. Tian is too risky with his propensity to bomb out of competitions and his snatch total will be weak. So the last question is do you go with He Yueji @67KG or GIGACHAD @96KG?

[@clintiacuone1703]

You go with neither of those because both the 67kg and 96kg weight classes are not Olympic classes anymore.

[@mkeysou812]

I hope Gigachad makes it

[@scottessery100]

Has karlos nasar had an ankle operation?

[@teresalehtonen8499]

They are superior in every imaginable way.

[@drip369]

🏋

[@JanGottschau]

insane

[@lev8541]

its bullshit that only one spot per country. back in the 70s 80s 90s medal sweeps happened

[@flagella1337]

Look at how thick their back is.

[@rishabhsingh9616]

Olympics rules regarding no. of participants from a nation completely suck...people want to see the absolute best athletes battle in the Olympics regardless of them being from any nation...complete injustice to a great sporting nation such as China...!!

[@mattyhartley9079]

Exactly, imagine if they did that to athletics and places like America, Jamaica, Kenya could only send 3 athletes each 😂

[@incompetentlogistics]

Does anyone know who the bearded white dude is with the Chinese team?

[@jglg7238]

do you think Lu Xiaojun will come back, he got suspended due to EPO, but once his ban has been lifted, he can come back, but his getting old, his already in his 40s though..

[@pateHNBTA]

He needs a big total, but he also needs to "compete" in a minimum amount of events. It doesn't seem he would be able to fulfill that necessary amount of participation besides the total he would need to lift at 73kg category. Wich, so far, has 3 chinese lifters already fighting for the top rank.

[@durrantmiller8810]

There's no way he can be in competive shape at that age at least not with the 20 year olds

[@mcculloughmethod6912]

Nah he’s fucked

[@brendon2462]

​@@durrantmiller8810not true he's not old he's not 60.

[@durrantmiller8810]

@@brendon2462 most weightlifters retire by the time they are 30 and often before the fact that his career lasted into his mid-late 30s is incredible. He was mentioning that his recover was much more difficult than it was when he was younger and after an at least 4 year ban he'll be in his 40 and his recovery will be significantly worse. He's not coming back. It also seems that he is ready to move on and raise his children

[@sentralorigin]

what is he doing @ 7:44 lol

[@vincent9696]

a bit of trolling

[@tfwwhennofitlitgf3300]

shadow clone jutsu

[@andreasklippinge9665]

The IOC really hates weightlifting lol

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

The iwf put that on them running that federation like Vito corleone here are consequences now , plus they are on fuck up away to getting complete kick out from the games ..

[@torch469]

Li off season BW was 88 when he was a 81 lifter !

[@albertzhang9274]

shi hasnt really compete since Tokyo. Not sure if he is going to be in shape in time

[@vfxforge]

I bet Tian won't be competing

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

I see your point, but the competition is tomorrow, and he is going hard training the other times. You can tell he wast on competition shape ,like the last word championship if he compite for sure was a bust .

[@joshforeman1648]

What are they doing where they lie off the side of the bench with weight on their back ?

[@clintiacuone1703]

Back extension holds, normally you’d do them off a ghd but obviously they had no ghds in the training hall so alas some improvising is needed

[@chrisbashant2903]

I don't understand why exactly they brought Li Dayin up from 81 to 89. If they want to secure more golds, why not keep him in the category he was dominating in and let Tian Tao or Lua Huanhua compete at the 89?

[@fearlesftw1]

Because they change the weightclass, and typically losing more weights causing more injuries as there's less muscles in the joints protecting it.

[@chrisbashant2903]

@@fearlesftw1 So why the heck do the Asian championships have a 81 category only for the Olympics to have removed it.

[@davidrichet4772]

I think 81 isn´t an olympic category anymore, please correct me if i'm wrong

[@chrisbashant2903]

@@davidrichet4772 you're right, I just saw it on the website. They said it was in order to ensure gender equality. So they removed a bunch of categories in order to equalize the male and female categories.

[@masayash]

@@chrisbashant2903 fucking woke mind virus destroys all the fun!

[@MrPtrlix]

It's kinda sad about 1 per country rules. China's population is 100x more than some countries.

[@willepooh]

Are these guys on special steroids made in China or the same stuff as all the other competitors?

[@KidrockHan]

Only 1 athlete in the same category can go to Olympic is an absurd rule. A country can have only 3 male and 3 female athletes complete in Paris is ridiculous.

[@isansimpson2056]

Why did Li Dayin move up? Can’t say I agree with that choice

[@themasterclasher2507]

81 kg is no longer a Olympic category sadly

[@brandonn_9733]

I got money on tao i know li cant beat him unless tao doesn’t compete💯

[@fauzanbagus7989]

Hopefully Tian Tao not trolling us like Shi did in this competition and competition before.

[@IamLEGENDkb24]

@@fauzanbagus7989 Shi wasn't actually training tho.. he just did some super super light weight pulls i think.. Tian is pushing here as you can see..

[@shizennokaze2240]

I wanna have li dayun problem

[@AoiZassoOFCL]

why are you emphasizing the fight vs karlos so much? china's only good heavyweight in recent memory is yang zhe who hasn't competed since 2018

[@clintiacuone1703]

Probably because it’s going to be the most entertaining weight class of the Olympics, no one is going to beat li fabin in the 61s and providing shi zhiyong gets back in reasonable shape no one is coming close to beating him either

[@madworld109]

His last competition was Asians in 2021 where he set the snatch WR

[@reyniercampher3815]

Am I getting this right? If a country has the top three lifters, competing at the Olympics, only two can actually compete? Even if they are the top three in the world? Imagine if track and field was like this. Gatlin could compete, but not gay. It doesn't make sense.

[@thorthewolf8801]

The olympics is primarily a country vs country competition, it makes sense that only the very best from each country would get the chance to compete so that we can get more representation in terms of the number of countries, and a better indicator of how each country measures up to one another

[@reyniercampher3815]

@@thorthewolf8801 thank you, that puts it into context for me. It's hard on the individual though.

[@larryboi2706]

yep olympics is not really about who is the best athlete. For example in 67kg class in Tokyo China could have sent athletes that would basically have moved everyone except Chen Lijun and Luis Mosquera into the B group

[@GodomarRiverhopper]

It's a trap!!! 6:30

[@e.c.9468]

If he is as juiced as Xiaojun, he has a wonderful future in tested weightlifting

[@haroldpepete]

everybody is waiting for Tian Tao, day comes and Tian Tao withdrew, pua pua, it's the new fashion

[@clintiacuone1703]

He won’t this time

[@ethansaltmere]

tian tao 240kg front squat like a joke for him. moves quicker than anything

[@David-cf8vr]

240公斤作深蹲,這也未免太可怕了!

[@josephperkins4857]

Remember folks this has more to do with epigenetics then genetics

[@extreame7304]

Next top weighlifter- Cheesy Yong

[@KakarotSC]

Asian Championships aka Trenbolympics.

[@GilGiovani]

These rules make the Olympics weak compared to Asian and European championships.

[@cheeks7050]

It's pretty fucked that all these guys can't go to the top competition because it's by country.

[@possumsam2189]

Pretty fucked that swimming got a fuckton of fucking unnecessary medal segments to fluff up certain nations' medal tallies while Weightlifting gets the short end of the stick.

[@torch469]

Nasar is injured ~ he gon be out for 8 months or so …

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

8 months if everything goes right , torn aquilles I couldn't think many other worse injuries for a weiglifter ... plus, can he be on peak competition by the times of the games

[@morganspencer-churchill2136]

Weightlifting "AI". OK, sure...

[@belmany]

the rules are stupid.

[@williamgutierrez3199]

Good drama

[@x2lazy2die]

li dayin fat? i must b morbidly obese

[@Juloww]

they're on gear right ?