Hossein Rezazadeh breaks weightlifting world record - American broadcast

2004 Athens Olympics - NBC broadcast.
Rezazadeh cements himself among the best olympians in history with a 263.5 kg clean & jerk and executes with ease.

[@stevepick9527]

An unbelievable amount of weight! The average person has no conception of just how much 580+ pounds is. I was a power lifter in the middle weights and thought I was doing well.dead lifting 590 pounds. This man is putting it over his head! Wow!

[@gdawlton]

Love to watch people do well and this gentleman is a true credit to weightlifting, to his family and to himself. Congratulations.

[@demetriuscooksey7147]

Holy crap, history in the making right there, folks!

[@chrisbartlett5738]

Amazing! I’ve followed Olympic lifting sense Alexia and Regart. This man is amazing.

[@spider3web221]

I started watching with Alexia also. Long time ago!

[@iowa_don]

Alekseyev and Rigert

[@brianmoore48]

Sometimes people exceed what people should be able to do. Rezazedeh is one such person. This is rare and glorious .

[@Terminatortx33]

Those Americans still wont let go the Imperial System even though clearly the Olympics is in the metric system.

[@peterdelmonte9832]

I’m in the U.K and turned 75 a fortnight ago. I have several degrees and prof quals but I carry the rough conversions to imperial (not a title to be proud of I’m well aware) for weight, length liquids and tyre pressures. I’ve never bought anything from a deli counter as grams indicate nothing to me. Athletics was my sport to watch and compete in and a minute per lap will always be my mental measure rod. Us dinosaurs will be gone soon. You metric folk were always right and I don’t claim otherwise. The contemporary tv commentators speak of our hero’s’ races in imperial and we trained with those in our minds when comparing our own more meagre efforts. We still get excited, we hurt no-one and provide amusement for younger folk by our creaky, weights and measures. Have the decency to mock us gently. I’ve had repeated medical treatments that damn near killed me with embarrassment when they started but the result has been total immunity from self conciousness from those days forth. 😢

[@mardamek3]

Just so my comment will be perceived the right way, I want to state that I am a naturalized American Citizen, born and raised on the other side of the Atlantic, from a country using the metric system. For a while there I had the same attitude towards the Americans “doing everything differently just to be different”. However, I have come to appreciate the fact that they are sticking to their roots. After all, while my home country (fatherland) uses the metric system, this wasn’t always the case. There were other systems in place before we converted to metric. And this is probably true for other countries as well. So, while the rest of the world has succumbed to globalization and losing face, the United States has been able to hold its own. Therefore, I can’t help but attribute people’s mockery of the US and the so-called Imperial System as a sign of jealousy. The United States has managed to stay strong and give the middle finger to globalism, while others have not been able to. It’s plain and simple. Now, as far as preferences go, sure, I like most things metric - grams, millimeters, 24-hour clock (vs am/pm), but I have come to appreciate the American system for the most part. Certain things just sound lame in metric, such as Celsius (instead of Fahrenheit), kilometers (instead of miles for measuring long distances), kilowatts and Newton/meters (instead of horsepower and pound/feet). All this is to say that there’s no right or wrong system; it’s all about personal preference…

[@troycarpenter3675]

Those Americans invented the airplane, atomic bomb, and landed on the moon using fractions.

[@arkalonalan]

We don't care about the rest of the world, we do our own thing. Cope harder

[@danielswackhammer]

Awesome!!!

[@rpack9815]

Amazing lifts

[@newmankidman5763]

This was 20 years ago

[@grahamharper6759]

Legend

[@bornr2797]

Incredibly

[@user-hh4er7mv7l]

Hes the MAN,!!!WOW! Geezas weezas that is brutal holy moly im very impressed. All the power to him. BRAVO,BRAVO.👍👍💪💪😁😁👏👏👏🤸🤸🤸😲😲😳😳

[@bornr2797]

Oncredibly strong

[@MusMasi]

Lawd he comming!!

[@sarasusanazermeno2161]

Hossein rezazadeh el hércules irani

[@ger128]

Probably the fittest 350-lb man I've ever seen

[@user-sd9ys4bj6g]

Lasha Talakhadze lifts more?

[@Underhills]

Could this be done natty?

[@PhilT1957]

No

[@johntower2005]

Lasha Talakhadze wasn't there yet

[@stuchatterton6550]

Given he was born in 1993.... no.....

[@johntower2005]

😡😠🤬

[@rfjohns4452]

Retired early health problems.

[@johnhorton9637]

What medical problems did he have I wonder? I know his weight probably had something to do with it

[@user-lk8yu6gz9s]

@@johnhorton9637severely injured hand according to Wikipedia

[@johnhorton9637]

@@user-lk8yu6gz9s dang . That's sucks. He's one of the best strong men around

[@alanaliyev456GT]

​@@johnhorton9637Hand injurie in the car Crash.... but he had a severe Blood overpressure and a seriius type 2 Diabete (since 1999 .) but if he stopped its because injury

[@johnhorton9637]

@alanaliyev456GT ok thank you. I know he's one of the best power lifters around in modern times

[@Don-rl1sm]

Not the record, r e t a r d. Taranenko has the record

[@temirtaragay8932]

He is TURK from Iran.

[@davechavezjr5399]

Let’s be honest, Lasha T. from the country of Georgia wasn’t there. This man is strong but not the strongest! That claim goes to Lasha!

[@stuchatterton6550]

Lasha was born in 1993. So if you wanted an 11 year old to compete.... sure....

[@Nightstalker321]

He has also cheated

[@gadashendit]

​@@Nightstalker321🤡

[@TerryJoesBabyDaddy]

His impeccable form made this look easy!

[@deenally7030]

@Terminatortx33 ....you mean EUROPEAN AMERICANS ?!