IronMind Big Lift Series: Szymon Kolecki def. Akakios Kakiashvilis

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It was the youngster vs. the master in the 94-kg class at the 1999 Men’s European Weightlifting Championships in La Coruna, Spain. Coming into the event, everyone assumed Akakios Kakiashvilis (GRE) would take the victory unopposed. But 17-year-old Szymon Kolecki (POL) had been doing some eye-opening lifting, cleaning and jerking 230 kg in training. Kakiashvilis got things going with two strong snatches at 172.5 and 177.5 kg. The kid Kolecki hung right with him and stuck the same weights in his first two attempts. Each came out for a snatch of 180 kg and this was where a crucial separation occurred. Kakiashvilis lifted the weight overhead but was unable to stick it and the barbell came crashing to the floor. Kolecki had his window, and once he lifted the bar, there was no doubt about it. The kid now held a 2.5 kg lead over the master with the clean and jerk still to come. It was evident that the kid was not cowed by the presence of the master, but seemed to be relishing the battle. Each knocked off 217.5 and 222.5 kg in the clean and jerk, but was the kid good for one more? Kakiashvilis nailed 225 for his third, so it came down to Kolecki, who had to grind to stand up with the 225, but when he jerked it, it was gone, and the kid was a new king. Pandemonium-and Kolecki had set 7 Junior world records in the process. You can see this epic battle here, now: watch and be amazed. For more on this story, see MILO, June 1999, Volume 7.1 in the IronMind e-store (www.ironmind-st....

[@MarcusLeonard307]

Wow, at 17 years old...

[@georgedobbs9216]

Did nobody else notice that they are using both Eleiko and Uesaka weights. Very unusual. Normally these major meets are sponsored by a particular company. Was this just a thrown together affair?

[@tommy2346]

It's east Europe. And that time, we throw together whatever there was probably. My guess.

[@vangelis19]

@@tommy2346 It's La Coruna, Spain.

[@davidvitalic1211]

Szymon est d'une fluidité déconcertante! Quelle technique et quelle aisance!!! Fantastique!!!

[@user-fq5pw5ud7t]

Il est aussi grand. Pas comme les chіnois.

[@seanzie2819]

Best video Ironmind has ever released Kolecki is God

[@noelito7855]

Kolecki is not God lmao. 3 olympic golds nuff said

[@rustyshackleford8473]

He was also sauced since childhood...

[@8acun]

THE KID DID IT!~

[@andrewaquino6758]

I don't understand how kolecki looked so much smaller in the older videos of him lifting compared to him in the mid 2000s when his career was ending

[@luclapierre7621]

+Andrew Aquino my guess is a combination of more water weight in his youth and added muscle mass to help with injury prevention in his later days. He definitely got a little buffer in the late 2000's, but no doubt that made his pre-comp cuts harder.

[@cyanidechrist]

The IronMind tag in the center of the screen covering the lifter is quite annoying. You already have a tag in the bottom right. Too much advertising. Otherwise excellent footage.

[@ThatOldGuy-ce5su]

As much as I agree, there's a reason it's at center.

[@TypowyFitnesiak]

For copyright reasons I guess, you can easily crop the bottom logo

[@euanmorse]

To stop people stealing his footage that he shot personally. Seems fair to me.

[@kostismnl4457]

Akakios schooled that boy in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.... Akakios one of the best of all times... Two huge lifters

[@WITTTEK]

hehe, "schooled", you are a funny guy, read what happened in 2000 IO. Kolecki got injured, Akakios was extremely lucky.

[@kostismnl4457]

@@WITTTEK you are clueless... Akakios made just one attempt in clean and jerk and won the gold medal... Respect akakios he is one of the greatest lifters of all time

[@WITTTEK]

@@kostismnl4457 haha, you are so funny, your comment scholled that boy shows lack of respect for Kolecki, and Akakios made one attempt because he was injured too... your knowledge is so poor. And I agree Akakios is one of the greatest. So what?

[@WITTTEK]

405 to 405 does not seem like "schooling anybody" : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlifting_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_94_kg What a clown...

[@kostismnl4457]

@@WITTTEK you are the clown here... Akakios was injured and won by doing only one attempt... While kolecki made 3...Akakios could have lift more... So don't speak.. I already said that kolecki is a huge lifter you idiot... But akakios is simply on another level

[@robsemke8439]

Unbelievable! !!!! ✅✅✅💯💯💯

[@psl127]

Kali left some on the platform there. He could have done 227.5 for the win. Very conservative in weight selection.

[@MitchKuchenberg]

Hindsight bias

[@taneotaneo7568]

legend

[@9evolve]

Not that I know of but I question Kakiashvilis was probably David Bedzhanyan's idol.

[@luclapierre7621]

+Royce Rabanal he was a lot of people's idol! Gotta love Kakhi.

[@frfrpr]

stupid iron mind tag in the middle of the screen ruined this... this is dumb ass marketing.

[@TypowyFitnesiak]

+tempac91 agreed

[@lukeelliott5921]

I didn't even see it until reading the comment.

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

I couldn't ever figure out how kaki could clean his foot. Basically, don't even change from pull to cacht . 99% of the time, you see that is with a wider stance ..

[@biszkoptbiszkiewicz1054]

KOŁEK - JAKO SPORTOWIEC I CZLOWIEK TO WZOR DO NASLADOWANIA

[@donnbradley1249]

That first camera click sounded like dude's arm breaking

[@MathewMorrill]

Wow!!

[@shashwatpriyadarshi972]

Do they take steroids ?

[@vasilishimself9806]

Kakhi was probably saving his gear for Sydney, I've seen him lifting bigger weights a lot more comfortably.

[@josephfeliciano6415]

​@@vasilishimself9806 so you think he was completely clean while clean and jerking 500lbs here? You don't know what you're talking. If anything he just added more steroids to win Olympics. Not that I'm specifically bashing him. Kakhi is one of my favorites. They all take massive amounts of gear

[@vasilishimself9806]

@@josephfeliciano6415 maybe he was just on a replacement cycle here, that's what I'm saying.

[@dylanberg7110]

Kaki was not giving his all. This must have been some sort of tune up or something. His power jerks were effortless.

[@fmls8266]

Ye he didn't really want to win, why would you even try to win

[@Mr.M14-]

Gear

[@adikandroidtv2451]

Łapcie suba. Czy mógłbym prosić o takie samo wsparcie dla mojego kanału?

[@neilsims6819]

So concerned about advertising that they obscure the footage. Nobody should ever buy anything from such people.

[@xx-vi1mj]

it's because they sell this footage lmao. If it was on here in perfect quality, how could they ever make any sales?

[@neilsims6819]

@@xx-vi1mj , capitalism is never a good reason for anything.

[@magicword5117]

Dude wtf is this commentary? Am i listening to former golf commentators?

[@josephfeliciano6415]

You're simply not a man of culture. Everybody knows ironmind is the best