GREEK WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM & OTHERS - SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS TRAINING HALLS & COMPETITION

Great Raw footage before all these tossers on youtube since 2015 or so started infiltrating the olympic weightlifting scene. FFS.
Olympic weightlifting is the ultimate Strength Sport requiring not only strength but flexibility , mobility, timing speed and athleticism.
This is Magnificent unseen footage from the 2000 training halls and competition of the Olympic Weightlifting, Sydney 2000 event. An underground sport for many years Australia, most enthusiasts trained in their garages well before crossfit and other such novelties popularised the concept and earned their stripes well before modern show ponies came along and bean to strut around as if they invented the sport.
In the training Halls and Darling Harbour Convention Center for the 75,85,90 kg weightlifting olympic games events 2000. See Suleymanoglu's last competition where he bombs out in the snatch, the Mens 75kg featuring the Bulgarian battle - Markov v Boevski - and the first pioneer chinamen weightlifters before the current era, then the Mens 85 Huster, Dimas, Asanidze then the Mens 95 class - kakhiasvilis, kolecki and others. Chronological footage between training halls and the competition stage.
In training Kakhiasvilis was the smoothest lifter. Known as the computer - his technique flawless and absolute and directed control of the weight undeniable.
Training Footage is in Regents Park Training Facility. All the greats of the 1990s and early 2000s.
Highlight and focus is Greek Weighlifting team. World Class Athletes, Valerios Leonidis , Pyrros Dimas, Christos Spyrou, Victor Mitrou, Akakios Kakhiasvilis, Leonidas Sabanis, Coach Christos Iakovou, Nicolai Peshalov, Naim Suleymanoglu, Halil Mutlu and many more.
Turkish Team, Romanian, Cuban, Russian also shown.
0-6 mins Miscellaneous
6.29 Valerios Leonidis
10.01 Pyrros Dimas light workout off the plane
38.00 Cuban Megasquats Idalberto Aranda
43.44 Pyrros Dimas Last Max Workout afew days before games begins, bombs out in snatch and returns post Clean and Jerk to complete.
43.44 Christo Spyrou, Victor MItrou Greece
43.56 Special appearance from Leonidas Sabanis
54.42 Victor Mitrou
55.07 Pyrros Dimas Clean and Jerk
1.05 Pyrros Dimas returns to snatch after Clean and Jerk
1.07.57 Absolute Bulgarian lunatic lifting from Qatar silencing the halls
1.10 Suleymanoglu bombs out in the snatch in attempt for 4th Olympic Gold
1.33.09 Mens 69lg
1.41.21 Pyrros Dimas and Akakios Kakhiasvilis in the training halls
1.58 Pioneer Chinese Weightlifter Zhan Xugang performs Chinaman celebration after good lift
1.58 Mens 85kg
2.26 Mens 95kg

[@pabloandresvargassoriano2293]

thanks for this footage, no fancy stuff, mics, cameras, my god, im 29 years old, but god damn i love these videos.

[@lubby447]

And above all - no BS extended commentary of annoying meaningless drivel from a US based 'expert' on olympic lifting.

[@luclapierre7621]

@@lubby447 hmm who could you possibly be referring to 😂

[@emilio556]

The fact this finally gets posted. I was getting eager always seeing that 20 second clip of Pyrros snatching on another vid. Glad to see the full session is over 2HRs long. Now I can play these while I’m training.

[@alejandrocarranza1912]

How Am I 10 months late for this gem of a video? This deserves an immense Thank You!

[@mattyhartley9079]

This is incredible footage, will be watching this on repeat for inspiration Thank you for the upload!

[@lubby447]

Isnt it ever!

[@andrewgordon777]

Thanks for uploading!

[@kostantinosd.1573]

Great footage! Thank you for the upload!!! Pyrros was at his best in that competition. According to his post match statements he was prepared for 185 snatch (lifted 190 in training) and at least 215 in cj (220 in training). Had he performed good in the snatch, we would still have WR lifts from that night...

[@rustyrave]

This is gold right here

[@Nikolayski1337]

Thanks a lot! Legendary material.

[@lubby447]

It is literally unbelievable to be watching it , isn't it. Theres about 2 other guys with this footage who were recording with me, but Im guessing they could not be arsed to digitise it and post it.

[@arturpin]

So cool !! 😍😍

[@kmidst_fn5225]

All the clangs and bangs of the weight are music to my ears.

[@olympic_weightlift4u632]

Wow. So Good

[@andrewgordon777]

Kaki snatching a world record! 😲I guess straps made the difference for him!

[@lubby447]

I must say, of all the lifters he was the most perfect and impressive to watch. His technique flawless, his lifting so effortless. In command and control of the weight as if he were a hydraulic machine , exacting the perfect force and not an ounce wasted. Truly was impressive to watch.

[@rustyrave]

Am I the only one who has never seen Idalberto Arranda do the actual oly lifts? Lol. I think ive only seen him squat humongous amounts of weight until this vid came out.

[@andrewgordon777]

Have you been sitting on this footage for 22 years? 😀

[@lubby447]

Sony handycam Video 8..... Finally digitised it 😂

[@abuzerkadayif5879]

thanks for video

[@rakoonloufa88]

0:53 😮

[@jonmolina948]

1:03:44 I see what happened to Kakhi. I think he tore his quad. So he got through the snatch, did 185kg, and clean and jerked 220kg on a bad leg during competition. He kept it a secret the whole time.

[@lubby447]

It certainly was a dramatic moment in the competition.

[@BrianDegennaro08]

Even bigger snatch: 190!

[@olympic_weightlift4u632]

Please put 1996 footage also

[@lubby447]

Randall Strossen at Iron Mind has it but will make you pay for it.

[@olympic_weightlift4u632]

@@lubby447 no They have only 1994 or 95. They don’t have1996 Olympic Games. I don’t think so.

[@lubby447]

@@olympic_weightlift4u632 Well, I do recall that he had taken extensive photos for his publication. I also recall the link was up to purchase in 2000-2001, but then taken down.

[@mohammadalhajahjeh393]

Is the quality this bad i do not remember it like this

[@lubby447]

What are you asking ? Quality of what ? What is bad quality ?

[@dennyalexiou1742]

Who is the athlete on 1:07 ??? He's jerk may be the best I've ever seen.

[@lubby447]

Victor Mitrou, Greece

[@andrewgordon777]

Disrespectful spectators should get booted and life bans from WL venues!

[@andrewgordon777]

Who's the legend at 23:18? 😀

[@lubby447]

Pretty sure his name is Rube Howes or something similar, Aust masters legend

[@o-neil]

1:46:00 that is so easy!!!

[@emilio556]

The fact this finally gets posted. I was getting eager always seeing that 20 second clip of Pyrros snatching on another vid. Glad to see the full session is over 2HRs long. Now I can play these while I’m training.

[@lubby447]

No worries man. Had afew tech issues. I hope you appreciate the trouble someone went to to carry around a very bulky video camera in the Year 2000 to get this footage, the attempt to take footage without disturbing the athletes and then digitising and uploading it for you to watch free of charge.

[@emilio556]

@@lubby447 Thank you brother, if you have anymore footage, Im sure tons of folks would literally pay to get their hands on it

[@lubby447]

@@emilio556 When I was looking for such footage I was buying it from IronMind. Very expensive. If people respect the footage it will continue to be posted. There are some wankers who rip it off and pass it off as their own, on their own social media without due credit - and this discourages me and others from posting more. It has to be respected that someone gave up their time and walked around with a bulky video camera a long time ago to get this footage !