Matthias Steiner wins an incredible +105kg Weightlifting final | Beijing 2008 Replays

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Back in 2008, at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, German weightlifter Matthias Steiner won an incredible +105kg Weightlifting final in the most emotional way possible. Having lost his wife prior to the Olympic Games, he broke out in tears after winning the Gold Medal. Before she died, Matthias Steiner had promised his wife that he would win gold at Beijing 2008. At the ceremony, having fulfilled his vow, Steiner held up a picture of his wife, dedicating his victory to her. Enjoy watching the full replay of this final!
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[@yoville73]

Steiner truly deserved this win! He did it for his country and he did it for his fallen wife who died in a car crash in 2007... truly inspiring... 🥺 👍

[@DGARedRaven]

How funny. German commentary from that time: ""Lift it up, Lift iI Up, LIFT IT UP!!! (pause) HE HAS NOT DONE THIS FOR AUSTRIA, HE HAS NOT DONE THIS FOR GERMANY! HE HAS DONE THIS FOR SUSANNE! AND MATTHIAS STEINER IS AN OLYMPIC CHAMPION!"

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍

[@ramlokhunashvin7883]

@@DGARedRaven aa

[@yomismo6969]

@@sequiaonda78 there was a painter that came from Austria and almost destroyed Germany, I guess its payback time.

[@Justinized98]

He did it for love. That really got me.

[@the_official_andreas]

It's incredible how strong he was at that moment, not only physically but mentally. That is what makes a real champion!

[@franklinmorgan1828]

Just like his coach said, it’s those moments that define a top athlete’s career. That was his moment, and he seized it. His life would have probably been just fine if he missed the lift, in all honesty. Instead, he performed under the pressure, and made his life even better.

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍

[@dariusweisz7440]

1:20:44 the trainer giving Matthias the photograph of his wife and Matthias explaining to the russian guy what this is is a beautiful moment

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

exactly.

[@richsiri]

Can't stop my tears every time I saw Matthias Steiner made it.

[@MajorKusanagi43]

Notice how Chigishev asks Steiner about the photo at 1:20:42 and see his reaction. He seems genuinely surprised and moved by the background story of Steiner's wife having died in a car accident and Steiner wanting her photo with him on the podest. It shows the mutual respect among the two athletes.

[@dastemplar9681]

You could tell Chigishev had so much respect for Steiner. Steiner was lifting so much more than the weight itself, but the worst pain a husband could ever go through as well.

[@hubertnooisdonn6917]

exactly what I thought....first time I saw it. I am Austrian and we are very proud of Matthias ❤

[@Israelischer_Bobfahrer]

That made me tear up a bit :)

[@mentalmike]

This is the Olympics at it's best. Evgeny Chigishev seem to be the "better" more consistent lifter, but in that one moment Matthias Steiner was able to do something extra ordinary and take the gold. Even the look from the Russian was one of "fair enough". Then when you add in Matthias' story it just becomes something that I come back to watch ever now and then, as it's just so compelling.

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍

[@xinru8368]

@@changeeyecolor3891 😥😥😥

[@xinru8368]

😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@xinru8368]

😥😥😥😥

[@kyucklebeans]

Being new to the sport, introduced by a lot of Lasha stuff, it’s amazing that the Russian was lifting that much weight. He’s giving up 20+ kilos to the field in bodyweight and like 60+ relative to Lasha. That’s an amazing athlete.

[@tankhaisiang]

I came here for Steiner and his wife. Its truly inspiring!!

[@gmwdim]

Haha I love Chigishev's reaction at 1:13:30. He's like, "well, fair enough."

[@merciah]

I thought his reaction was great.

[@dbuc4671]

i literally burst out laughing when i saw that lol

[@bafflegab1788]

for those of you looking for the exact moment M. Steiner wins gold, it is at 1:12:43

[@ghatantzy8971]

Thank You

[@harshdhiman7704]

Thx bro

[@ccqpl]

i sat here just watching everything lol

[@hubertnooisdonn6917]

​@@ccqplme too.

[@ashy8992]

You can see the way Chigishev reacts to the photo, he knew there was no way he could compete against someone with that much motivation

[@MyDerde]

Sad for chigishev, he deserve a gold for his career, but Steiner did something amazing, some how after 12 years is also incredible how he lifted the 258 kg in the clean and jerk, the power of emotions.

[@DGARedRaven]

Don't forget that he won this for his deceased wife.

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍

[@zl4670]

But he didn't look unhappy😅

[@renzogutierrez5619]

@@zl4670 he had a year to cry for her

[@scorpionbeastofficial]

Matthias Steiner had a promise to keep, and he delivered, congrats to you Matthias, I’m sure your wife was standing next to you at the award ceremony

[@jasonjones5357]

I remember being so happy for him not knowing at the time about his wife so re-watching this is even more emotional. Great stuff.

[@therealforestelf]

I cry everytime I watch this. Hast du dir so verdient, Matthias

[@spiritonfire7941]

I love watching weightlifting. I think Steiner made me fall in love watching weightlifting when I see his video in Olympics highlights. For me individually you can really see the passion and determination in weightlifting.

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ppp8387]

me too, guys

[@user-xn6gu1bg4z]

The winner is full of emotions and passions from start, which has moved me from his first try.

[@lemonsummer8484]

Der Sieg von Mathias Steiner ist einer der größten Momente in der olympischen Geschichte und des Sports! Im Nachhinein hat er dieses Gewicht auch für andere nach oben gehoben. Für alle denen es schlecht geht, dass sie wieder wie er Mut finden, nicht aufgeben und an sich glauben.

[@jiaweili8812]

1:26:47, the Chinese lady said to her colleague : his (Steiner) wife is so beautiful ! (他老婆好漂亮) LOL

[@hubertnooisdonn6917]

thank you so much for the translation 💕

[@knightflightvideo]

The most emotional moment at Olympic Games I've ever seen. 👌🤩👍

[@dastemplar9681]

I like to think that nearly everyone in that room, including his competition was overjoyed and inspired by Steiner’s win. For he wasn’t just lifting that weight alone, but also a deep and internal weight, the worst pain a husband could ever go through. He didn’t lift it for himself or for his country. He lifted for the love of his wife who tragically died a year earlier. That alone made his winning lift all the more beautiful, powerful, and inspiring for everyone who witnessed it. He not only lifted so much physically, but mentally and emotionally, all the grief, the pain, the loneliness, the agony. Solely motivated by the love for his late wife and the promise he made to her.

[@maximogimenez9238]

I never get tired of watching this iconic moment! Great, Matthias. We salute you!

[@SounderMom31]

The way he honored his late wife during the medal ceremony was so touching ❤

[@gilbertojasso8845]

Aun sigo emocionándome con este momento, grande Matthias. Un abrazo desde México.

[@dodgethehell]

I love Matthias, He just looks like a nice guy

[@peorakef]

ive seen some interviews, he is.

[@alejandromojicagarcia9378]

The moment I watched the animated version of this, I came here to watch the real one. Btw the animated version its makes you drop some tears. Very emotional.

[@stefanredlich4429]

What a champion. And the genuine reaction from the Russian was also GOLD. He truly admired and was moved by the story of Steiner's wife. Absolutely graceful in defeat.

[@themasterclasher2507]

Oh my, I was moved to tears 😭, what a legend

[@MuellerDenis]

1:20:55 Look at the reaction from the russian men, while Steiner talk about his wife. Exactly on 1:20:57 his head.. A few moments before, Steiners trainer give him the photo on the stage.

[@peorakef]

thanks for that, would've missed it.

[@Rose-zh5xg]

@@peorakef i don't understand what his reaction means

[@peorakef]

@@Rose-zh5xg it went something like this: russian: who's this? german: my wife, have a look. she died in a car accident. russian: she what? german: she had a car accident and died. russian: oh wow.

[@theblank3538]

Watching it again. what a magnificent scene.

[@xchoochoopainx]

I love how the crowd goes crazy for all the athletes

[@annaafanasjeva7359]

Idk why but they all look so huggable 🥺

[@mariinatkm]

Hahahaha i think the same.

[@IfWiccanYouCan]

I feel that l, they all look like giant teddy bears lol. My bf is a weightlifter/ and goes to them gym, that’s how I see him a big teddy bear. 😂

[@annaafanasjeva7359]

@@IfWiccanYouCan lmaoo

[@lindseynguyen5983]

I Saw him in a TikTok video and spent the whole day watching all videos about him. Very inspiring and my eyes got teared up every time I replayed the last lift🎉

[@wingsandash]

He's a Golden Retriever of a guy. The absolute best.

[@spiritonfire7941]

18:11, 23:52, 30:45, 1:02:05, 1:06:00, 1:12:26, 1:14:47 18:50, 19:15, 25:07, 28:25, 58:30, 1:11:25 1:08:37, 1:10:45

[@MrZorroZorroZ]

CHIGISHEV being 125kg while the others are 145kg and still coming 2nd is actually insane

[@Bavarian_Lifting]

Yeah he looked like a different weight class, way more athletic built. Very impressive performance

[@chomsy8]

He was not lifting that 3rd attempt alone. What a sad but inspiring story.

[@poorlittlesheep4098]

1:13:30 That's the beauty of weightlifting, you never know. Loved his reaction to greatness, I would have done the same if I were him and just lost the gold to the superhuman performance.

[@barath4545]

Yeah 100% great sportsmanship!

[@nitsom7209]

I love them all, such a great entertainment, they had worked so hard to come this far to bring their people pride and happiness. I also love their physical and emotional expressions. 😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@prashantkharat7155]

That day, there were 4 arms lifting it.

[@dilsesaroj8048]

Yess broo😔😔

[@TheArdanwen]

Thats the power of your own will and set of mind

[@VenturaLuna]

Me gustó la participación del ruso, él y su equipo ya se hacían con el oro y se lo merecía, porque no falló en nada. Pero de pronto aparece Matthias y logra lo que parecía imposible y aparte su historia es muy triste.

[@Luis-ox2ly]

:v

[@charmin1279]

Fuiste un dios, donde estés, fuiste el mejor.🇲🇽💪

[@queyronnolberto4921]

Matthias Steiner, the gold medalist from Germany, who promised his already deceased wife that he would win gold Attemp 1-3 17:30 - 198kg 23:13 - 203kg 30:05 - 207kg, failure 33:13 - standings +105kg men 39:12- standings +105kg men group A Attemp 1-3 1:2:02 - 246kg, failure 1:05:58 - 248kg 1:12:25 - 358kg 1:07:37 - standings +105kg men 1:07:45 - standings +105kg men 1:07:59 - standings +105kg men 1:16:31 - standings +105kg men 1:16:49 - standings +105kg men 1:17:05 - standings +105kg men 1:17:24 - standings +105kg men 1:17:42 - standings +105kg men 1:17:57 - standings +105kg men 1:18:17 - result 1:19:04 - presentation of medals to the winners 1:22:21 - gold medal 1:23:43 - photo of the winner's wife, whom he promised that he would win gold

[@Dreamer-i6t]

A 10 kg jump is not a joke miracles 😭😭😭 all time favorites everr Love from India

[@SamuelLiu1999]

I love these Olympics so much.

[@koreaface]

I think to understand what a 10kg jump is, at this level, in his position, on that platform, is impossible.

[@peorakef]

he cheated, it was four arms lifting that

[@Luisveram]

Matthias Steiner is inspiration........

[@mattdylla3225]

1:25:00 "I don't know, can we all fit up there?"

[@rodrigocikarioflores7412]

EL AUTRIACO-ALEMAN MAS AMADO POR EL MUNDO ENTERO ❤️

[@spiritonfire7941]

Steiner moments after third lift in clean and jerk. 😢

[@dahenriquez]

I like the way he celebrated, yessss....

[@chiefeugene]

Never thought I’d cry watching one lift

[@Brey]

This is the only full replay of weightlifting at the 2008 Olympics. I don't think we'll see the other weight classes in full cause some of the athletes have been stripped of their medals.

[@rajatmehra1294]

Chigishev is looking effortless how smooth was his lift man amazing 😃😃

[@user-cw8lf9ot2n]

まじで鳥肌が立つくらい、すごいしかっこよかった！ウエイトリフティングはその1キロがどれだけ重要なこととか色々勉強になりました！

[@kevinsitu1211]

this should be made it in to a movie

[@rajesh9747]

Steiner love from India i have heard about your story my condolences ❤

[@Anabolicindependent]

The russian guy was a class act

[@HotasChillis]

The greatest competition at Beijing! Absolutely amazing!

[@ishansheikh3058]

460KG of Hard work and 1 KG of Love = Mat Steiner. Hard work can take you to equalizer but its love that can make you surpass towards gold.

[@koshin88]

olympic channel you are doing a tremendous job, could you upload the wrestling matches in their weight categories like you did with the london olympics?

[@francisnguyen6349]

German Weightlifter, Matthias Steiner wins his gold medal in Men's Weightlifting +105KG at Beijing, China 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

[@DGARedRaven]

After losing his wife in an incredibly stupid car accident, I may add.

[@francisnguyen6349]

@@DGARedRaven Oh my!😲

[@alistairthompson2750]

Chigichev was unfortunate really he was in a grey area 15/20kg to big for 105kg and at least 10kg to light for 105+kg still 460kg at 124kg is amazing steiner just had a helping hand that day no doubt

[@kyucklebeans]

Yeah that’s the first thing I noticed was how light the Russian was relative to the field. Unreal that he came within 1 miracle lift of gold

[@trencito3700]

Steiners Counterattack was a huge success!

[@Byehk2047]

When children ask me what is love, i tell them, THIS is love

[@genialitojr]

como dicen que los alemanes son frios.. el gordito no ha parado de darle abrazos a todo el mundo y parece que le dedico el oro a la esposa.. muy lindo gesto... y bien ganado ese oro... bien ganado. se lo arrebato al ruso(o polaco).

[@hrimdani5651]

Very inspiring video

[@Terminatortx33]

1:31:00 Who ever said this isn't a team sport - the whole team won gold that day. Such a great Olympic moment.

[@ItzAbbeyy]

Also you always need to remember this your wife is always here for you❤

[@pardeepsingh1680]

His wife. Is win ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@waterios73]

1:20:46 He tells his opponent the meaning of the photo, his wife died a year ago in a car accident.

[@filmzone46]

still one of my fav.

[@Poseidon_43]

But the Russian guy was so impressive he is so light and did so heavy incredible 124 kilos now compare him to the other guys

[@sherielcr4904]

Benar benar kekuatan cinta dari seorang suami pada mendiang istrinya yg memberikan kekuatan lebih padanya... luar biasa..amazing...👏👏👏🙏🥺😢🤙

[@johndoherty-hh2ck]

Why did Scerbathis take 257? All he needed at that point to beat Chigeshev was 255. It might be a moot point anyway cause Steiner was on fire and probably would have done 259 as readily as he did 258. Lithuanian coaches also had the mixup with the 244 time out failure I believe.

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

that final clean attempt from the russian was absolutely insane. he was at his limit xD what an attempt! also very memorable how matthias gets the photo of his wife just before the ceremony and you can see him explaining whats going on to the russian athlete. wow.

[@franciscorodriguez-rm9hh]

I love weightlifting

[@Andy-ux6gl]

Ich bin überzeugt,seine Frau hat ihn aus dem Himmel unterstützt ❣️🙏........🇩🇪🫡🇩🇪

[@jahnavigulati9092]

Love this channel

[@kshitijgenext]

Nothing stings quite like a silver medal

[@mpelletier62]

First place of losers

[@Luiz_Henrique]

Brazil love you Matthias !

[@juliocesararriolaosorio4858]

Felicitaciones a esa linda pareja que con sacrificio ganaron el oro 👏 💪 🙌 ❤️ 💛

[@Sachin1197]

Every emotional story

[@w7class]

Holding his wife photo, this was emotional...

[@fedejunin7023]

Vine acá después de ver la historia en instagram genio...

[@paulwurdig3959]

1:20:49 Did Steiner tell Chigishev his sad story?

[@MeMogges]

I´m pretty sure he did, see his reaction at 1:20:56 ... :(

[@changeeyecolor3891]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@geliwien3564]

I am sure he did. You can see it in the reaction!

[@junhongli7181]

You can never play safe cause you'll never know the potential of your opponent in Olympics. I bet the Russian is capable of lifting heavier than 250.

[@mentalmike]

That was his PB, he wasn't playing it safe at all. His 247 "should" have been enough to win the gold, let alone setting a new PB to increase the gap even further. Imagine it would have been way harder to take if he went for heavier, dropped it and then lost to a smaller weight. On this occasion he just lost to something extraordinary 🙂

[@JonathanSanchez-hh1ny]

It's not just about lifting heavy weights but mind game as well.

[@justrandomguy694]

250 kg is the olympic record in that time

[@nikolakistoumba]

Please more weightlifting from past olympics. Kakhi dimas, naim, 1996, 2000 2004 etc.

[@Fortherean]

You can tell how the coach was apparently reluctant to go out on stage and how very, very urgently Steiner wanted him to bring the photo to him.

[@wilbur70237]

You can't see her,but she's there.He knew it

[@esthepanrj3341]

Bien ganado por el Austriaco Alemán, nunca se dió por vencido y logro la medalla de oro, su esposa en el cielo debe estar muy feliz. El Ruso caramba todo tiene bien puesto, que hombre por dios. Saludos desde Lima, Perú

[@고세영-g7w]

9:29 11:10 12:00 14:41 1:12:44

[@Griff10poldi]

More weightlifting please!

[@준양이-t8z]

MATTIAS STEINER👍👍💛💛❤❤ SNATCH 18:17 23:54 30:46 CLEAN&JERK 1:02:43 1:06:29 1:12:59 1:17:42

[@adelsalmi7131]

Stark Steiner 💪💪💪

[@bby8760]

winner for wife 😭

[@rajatmehra1294]

I watch this whole video I'm stunned 😂😂😂

[@ricolo3081]

1:13:00 ❤❤❤

[@dilsesaroj8048]

Just speechless 😔

[@StFidjnr]

can you please upload the Seoul 1988 opening ceremony

[@joancarlestomas]

It will be this monday

[@danielenriquedavilaespinoz7008]

GO GO GO STEINEEEEEEER❤❤❤