Liu Huanhua Sets Two World Records! Last-Chance Olympic Qualifier

Liu 'giga chad' Huanhua hit a colossal 232kg clean and jerk to set a new world record in the lift and in the total during the men's -102kg category at the 2024 IWF World Cup, the last-chance Olympic qualifier.
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[@WeightliftingHouse]

Watch the full session here 👉 www.weightliftinghouse.tv

[@SevZG]

His Jerk is insane. He just teleports under the bar, it's incredible.

[@JohnDoherty-dl2fz]

Fantastic lockout. Just rigid.

[@Tom-vu1wr]

Just got a seriously strong upper body

[@Miiiiiiighty]

If he cleans it, he jerks it :D

[@vfxforge]

the energy transfer makes that bar snap into the air, its great to watch.

[@rkim1991]

lol I laughed

[@dogcatdogable]

Lifting 220, 225, and 232 in one session is insane

[@richallen6764]

Not insane when you consider all the drugs they take.

[@alexmercier8942]

@@richallen6764 you could take peds for 10 years straight and you'd never reach his numbers.

[@Meepisako]

@@richallen6764 Sir, where can I find the lift 230+kg over my head drug?

[@richallen6764]

@Meepisako Simple. Take massive amounts of drugs. You know what im talking about. The Chinese made COVID. I'm sure they created drugs for their lifters.

[@YCHTT]

@@Meepisako Some can find it from a place call the racist-land. A lot of fools live there like that @richallen6764 hater.

[@Aakash.Singh1]

His lockout is insane. It's so strong. Never seen anything like it

[@tattooproofchannel7907]

Ilya Ilyin 242, 246 lifts

[@paulietv2162]

Check out Aleksander Popov, he cleaned and jerked around 10kg heavier than this about 35 years ago.....and was on less gear

[@Icabod-os6rg]

@@paulietv2162 I'm surprised you are privy to what cycle a top tier Chinese athlete is on. Must be nice to be in the know. I'm impressed you know that other athlete was drug free when drug testing wasn't as developed.

[@paulietv2162]

@@Icabod-os6rg Who said he was drug-free? I'm saying that current crop of Chinese weightlifters are given a green light by IWF to take whatever they want and they STILL can't live what Bulgarian and Soviet athletes were lifting 40 years ago on their primitive Soviet-era stacks

[@nothing5987]

@@paulietv2162 genetics definitely plays a huge role

[@adrienmcmxc]

Beating the world record by 13kg, absolutely insane…Gigachad will be in the weightlifting hall of fame

[@chrismanich3063]

He beat the WR by 1kg. But he is up in the ranking with 413kg, 12kg above the next highest

[@user-hb7se1hc9e]

В 80 е годы рекорд в толчке в весовой категории 100 кг был 242,5 То есть вес атлетов был на 2 кг меньше, а толчок на 10 кг больше.

[@HTeo-og1lg]

Indeed. Pushing another 13 kilos at one's ex-"limit" is incredible mental strength. It is definintely mind over matter.

[@str1ker_eureka]

@@user-hb7se1hc9eless sophisticated drug-testing methods meant that athletes could get away with having a lot more compounds in their system both on meet day and year-round. It isn’t that the weightlifters then were just better at it-they could just afford to take more gear.

[@bills6009]

I've come to realize that there are an awful lot of world records in weightlifting

[@rickzegooene2193]

6:05 Shi's like "you guys are yelling too loud"

[@christianan5857]

The irony

[@user-qr2uq2zq4g]

AAAAAAHHHHH, EEEEEEEEHHHHHHH,. WOCAO

[@OakSapRising]

Lmao wtf I had to look really closely to realise he’s the guy with the glasses, he looks so feeble here but is an animal when he lifts.

[@JohnDoherty-dl2fz]

I liken Shi to a honey badger, a small animal but incredibly ferocious that never backs down from larger animals.

[@JundRaptor]

Shi is so damn funny. I'm going to miss his energy when he's gone

[@oakryanoakryan1703]

Gigachad, Captain China

[@thingshappen9199]

What do you mean gigachad?

[@oakryanoakryan1703]

@@thingshappen9199Not sure where exactly where people first dubbed him gigachad (prob Reddit) but basically, he first came into the scene as a light 80kg and bulked all the way to 102kg where he is now. He is China’s first heavy weight champ in awhile

[@AdStellae-]

@@oakryanoakryan1703 IIRC it was during a national competition where Yilin was commentating, and the chat started referring to him as Gigachad

[@unahojuela]

He’s so powerful and yet has such a sunny personality, so much fun to watch

[@Icabod-os6rg]

Dumb take. Notice that hardly anyone on the Chinese squad shows emotion like you say? There's a reason besides no personality.

[@unahojuela]

@@Icabod-os6rg cool story bro

[@unahojuela]

⁠@@Icabod-os6rgjust cause you don’t follow the athlete closely enough to see any display of their personality doesn’t mean everyone else is doing the same thing. Idk why you would even get angry at that comment you must be quite miserable yourself

[@Icabod-os6rg]

@@unahojuela Did you really pull the "You must be miserable" card? That's really lame. You took a shot at him without provocation. What does that say about you? Why even respond to my comment when yours can't be justified.

[@unahojuela]

@@Icabod-os6rg what in the literal hell are you even talking about

[@Robin24204]

What an absolute unit of strength

[@GeorgeWolfski]

5:55 Love this moment when Gigachad stood up and roared!!!

[@richallen6764]

Steriods1 at work.

[@suparcamel5852]

@@richallen6764it’s a world class event bro..

[@durrantmiller8810]

@@suparcamel5852 bro just goes on every weightlifitng video he can find and comments steroids. He's just projecting his misery onto everyone else

[@richallen6764]

@@suparcamel5852 world class 1steroid1s.

[@wuhanclan]

@@richallen6764 The top athletes in every sport is juiced up. Get over it.

[@shinjiyoshida141]

LETS GO CHINA!!!!LETS GO GIGACHAD!!! Love seeing Tian and Shi cheering their teammates on

[@soyboy8688]

I keep seeing your profile photo everywhere

[@strongchallenger2269]

And you have a problem, soyboy ​@@soyboy8688

[@williamalexander7964]

Liu " Gigachad " Huan Hua 🇨🇳💪💪💪

[@animusdx]

He always looks like he struggles on his cleans but his jerk is immaculate. Funnily that 232 clean looked the best of the 3.

[@williambrace6885]

"he looks quite muscular haha"💅

[@unahojuela]

haha they should’ve included the part where they talk about Liu complaining about losing muscle definition after moving into this weight class, that’s where “he looks quite muscular” came in

[@victorjiang1167]

Oh man just a year ago, they kicked this guy out of 89 in favor of Tian Tao+Li Dayin for the 2023 Asian Champs and he showed his displeasure lifting as a light 96 by throwing away the gold medal in the clean and jerk at an easy 212 and going straight to 223 to prove that he was the best and putting him aside was wrong. He failed to lift 223 and since that competition, it's been nothing but gains until he became China's most dominant male lifter today. And barring injury, he is set to become China's heaviest male Olympic champion weightlifter ever, with the second heaviest going all the way down to Lu Yong's 85kg gold in 2008.

[@huanleminh6288]

You got a point. However, he is better at 102kg than at 89kg. Look at his height, he’s too tall for 89.

[@victorjiang1167]

@@huanleminh6288 I can't really tell how tall he is and I don't for a second believe the 183cm he's listed under on wiki. Anyway, after Paris, he'll have to drop to 96kg for the 2028 LA Olympics.

[@farhadsafari7943]

@@huanleminh6288 well he is about 178 (not 183) so height was not a problem.

[@eric_whimsical2222]

@@victorjiang1167 what are the weightclasses for 2028

[@victorjiang1167]

@@eric_whimsical2222 Not officially confirmed but in Tokyo, they did 61, 67, 73, 81, 96, 109, 109+ so they reduced and alternated some to 61, 73, 89, 102, 109+ for Paris. So regardless of whether there is another reduction, an alternation will almost certainly happen and that would go back to include the excluded classes and likely remove 102 for 96/109.

[@scottessery100]

he was good with snatches but cosmic with the c& J

[@Miiiiiiighty]

-After seeing him doing pulls and front squats at 240 in the training you can't help but wonder how he can clean & jerk 230+... This guy has insane jerk...

[@IamLEGENDkb24]

Yeah imagine Tian had his Jerk... No Diddy!!

[@user-qr2uq2zq4g]

0:35 the arrow animation from the background just hit perfectly

[@CyraNoavek]

Astounding strength and skill.

[@clintiacuone1703]

There’s two certainty’s with gigachad in the clean and jerk, aslong as he can clean it without struggling too much out of the hole he will jerk it. Most aesthetic jerk in weightlifting currently!

[@MisterHui]

That "China delegation * is far right, far left" -joke had me dying.

[@matteolissoni9524]

Underrate joke

[@lisas_long_lost_forehead6085]

4:56 i blushed

[@aneeshprasobhan]

lmao, nice profile name

[@Lotus1001]

5:52 This is what is missing in your Workout Sessions to hit the big numbers guys.

[@fluffykitty2340]

LMAO I mean coach was slapping his lower back but still😂

[@phichau90]

Gigachad 💪

[@fg786]

Is he doing it beltless?

[@Aakash.Singh1]

Yes

[@karaoke00]

How the heck Gigachad could make it beltless 😱?

[@ayw5118]

Let's go Gigachad! we all love you!

[@alexojideagu]

His competitors "Oh Phuket"

[@vinh777]

That's an insane performance

[@trollof229antthevariable9]

Absolutely monster performance. Congrats.

[@drip369]

His name is a lot of fun to say

[@DanDan-kx4zv]

Impressive! well done and congrats.

[@SUPERFLUID88]

This guy is a powerhouse

[@LawrenceKapua]

The Best on Earth ever, this must be emphasized.

[@sydneydance]

Gigachad Liu Huan Hua! Just wow 😮

[@bernie4366]

What a beast!

[@stgraw7004]

Enjoyed watching this lifter very much. I like his style.

[@io-rj6sk]

INSANE!

[@Lancentcx]

Damn his elbows are strong! Locks out that jerk like it's lightweight!

[@Alexandertygreat]

Just wow, weighting has never been this mainstream and athletes like this guy are super human

[@johnnyzhao4985]

Wow that is a strong boy, looks very young

[@steveb3bmwm5]

Yuri Zacharevich's Snatch, C&J and Total WR's of 200kg + 240kg = 440kg, when competing as a junior in the then 100kg weight class some 40 years ago continues to look as close to unbeatable as any record ever set.

[@1000JackFoster]

Спасибо!

[@nyagahkaune7958]

Quite insane

[@rkim1991]

He is a unit not human

[@fabiobonetta5454]

That's one big country boy

[@beltrangarrote1982]

What a beast. He's like Godzilla and Kong's son.

[@mykelcurry794]

6:07 can we just talk about how shi is like the loudest lifter, and yet hes covering his ears? 😂😂

[@axelvalter]

Fantastic!

[@Asmodea01]

The interesting thing is, that his lockout looks like the one from a power jerk. I´m curious if he actually started power jerking first and it got changed to a split jerk later on. Either way, his jerk is simply amazing!

[@niteshmishra2471]

Gigachad 🎉

[@Wunderpus-photogenicus]

The western media (CN@, BB%, etc) will say "He uses drugs!!!"

[@wadebanks3710]

Why isn't the weight class listed anywhere?

[@FrancescoCorato-wd6ei]

He's big!!

[@zenden9]

Only 1.83m. His coach is bigger and taller.

[@ronz8684]

he is superhuman

[@Toyonze]

5:05 this man is very strong wouahhhhhh

[@lKILLA]

225 is 496 pounds which is bonkers, but 232 is a 511 pound clean and jerk. Liu has so much more strength in his jerk that he is gonna decimate it in the olympics.

[@markfox3083]

Sorry my Calculator has 225 kg at about 496 pounds

[@lKILLA]

@markfox3083 you're right I don't know how I did that. 225 x 2.205 would be 496.

[@richardjones3826]

i can,t imagine what he,s being made to take?

[@Tumpz]

Wow!

[@JohnDoherty-dl2fz]

Gigachad has drawn the line in the sand. I don’t think Meso is his equal right now (disregarding his injury). Akbar maybe if he gets more used to the new class. It might be that Karapetyan and Tsikhantsou might be more formidable. Garik looked like there’s more than that 185 but for a guy with great pulling power he doesn’t clean very well his elbows are always close to his knees. The powerhouse from Belarus has missed the 225 the last two comps but I know he can do it. Says he’s done 230 in training.

[@Canadian_Eh_I]

Thats 75 lbs more than I can squat for 1 rep max. Insane !

[@WildAsDaTaliban]

He built different.

[@mattbba8451]

I found my self so proud of him at the moment. I have no idea why. That was the most unexpected weird feeling. A new Titan being born? A mark in history for sure. Surely it will stand? People say there is always someone better than you out there. They forget to mention moments like this when you become the one that is better and no one else is. So no, there isn't always someone "better". I miss the days of The US and even the UK when our athletes weren't just great runners. Our governments have changed their greatness 60 years ago. They became great at bombing, imprisoning, invading, stealing, murdering, injustice, and hate of one's own people. China is good at those things, but it looks like they are doing far more than putting a new face forward. China is going after hearts and minds. Our governments are so powerful that they simply don't care. China will be next to become something unrecognizable, perhaps sooner than later as they do everything at light speed. But for now, that huge young man just lifted the world - and I'll take it. How does it feel to have been there and what realizations struck you after? You can tell it hit me in my heart. Sports just doesn't do that for me generally but this time it did. Did you grow silver hair after this? Did you hold your breath? Did you spill your drink? Did you call everyone? Did you get to congratulate him and his team or did they keep him isolated from everyone? Thanks you guys great video and I look forward to the next. Are you going to cover the Olympics secretly, privately? Or is that still 100% owned by NBC and held in the tight fist of the Olympic committee? Can you afford to go? It is most certainly a rich persons thing which most people can't afford. What do you think about boycotting the Committee, and world funding a real world games? Just asking after the fact.

[@anantnarayandash6513]

Seems like propaganda. China does way worse things too

[@Dennis_Reynolds]

Gigachad and Lasha are just dominating the sport right now. Roll on Paris 24’!

[@RockyTucsonPaik]

The future of Chinese weightlifting!!!

[@greer776611]

Crazy

[@amroshiyahin1]

😲 wow impressive

[@miniwaern]

This goes to show jet li and brucee lee wasn't just showbiz: these athletic individuals store immense ammounts of chakra life force energy.

[@andros2389]

What about ilya ilyin 191kg snatch /246kg c&j world record at -105 category?

[@samreach2679]

Man the know Knee Cave is so fuking beautiful.

[@Terminatortx33]

No weightbelt too what a beast.

[@tomoya02]

an absolute speciman.

[@neloangelo__13]

185/235 Paris for Gold

[@Noah-jy8wb]

That lat development though...

[@OakSapRising]

Liu’s jerk is just unparalleled. A lot of lifters will be quite shaky through the shoulders and elbows at max attempts, not this guy. Stable as a rock.

[@JD-ww2ri]

40 years ago, Zakharevich snatches 200kg and C&J 240 Kg... 400kg total at - 100kg weight class.

[@durrantmiller8810]

TBF he likely had a little more leeway in the anabolics department

[@alistairwillock7266]

@@durrantmiller8810 Lol, there wasn't a test in sight that was worthy of the name. Pre-1988 they weren't really even _trying_ to catch them. The stories of the stacks the Eastern Bloc weightlifting programs were running are _legendary._

[@user-suesoo]

The Chinese GIGACHAD 🎉🎉

[@iiiiiiiiii_o_O]

Gigachad doin Gigashit

[@KitLaughlin]

Poetry.

[@user-tp2tm6fy9i]

Dope

[@TheSeeker372]

Stop playing with that man!!!!! 😂😅😅 ooooweee

[@user-sm6rn3ku3u]

Jai ho

[@sabertoothwallaby2937]

this sport does not need commentary

[@harrisonhsieh5072]

Lol Shi with his glasses on and ear plugged looks like a completely different person 3:13

[@cent0r]

That there is a big boi

[@donaldmahaya2689]

The secret is to be named Liu

[@iielysiumx5811]

Lu really is the alpha chook, the king of the roost

[@tac328]

The kid from Up got jaaacckkked.

[@evilflowx]

It would be nice if you can improve the way videos are sorted on weightlifting house TV (the app and the website). Right now videos are sorted in a very unpredictable way with no option to resort. This makes it very difficult to find the video I want to watch. I have missed at least two newly posted videos.

[@vitorhwitt]

The GOAT

[@Borneo871]

Who's other can?😍👏👏👏😁🤗

[@ReportTheHackers]

Holy…….

[@saugatkhadka5478]

♥️♥️♥️

[@theanc316ientone]

Wow

[@Nory_here]

oh shit

[@theaj1nkya]

That’s about all he has is muscle - Commentator’s intention: 🥳 The possible interpretation: 🥴

[@jaychrist4437]

congratulations, your entire family gets to live another year

[@dockaos924]

He made that look easy I could probably lift the bar with no weights on it 🙄

[@jacobusveeger5641]

Increíble, what happened to Messo? The Olympics going yo be sick

[@keion_arknights]

Injured

[@IamLEGENDkb24]

damn at a point in time we thought it was going to be Tian vs Messo for years to come..

[@MM-mo2yc]

Do they test for gear?

[@AdStellae-]

At least every competition. And the the ITA/WADA tries to enforce out of comp testing as well, but I don't know how often that happens