Men's Weightlifting - +105KG - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games

[@Arutima]

The man promised his wife that he would win a gold medal for her. But his wife died in a car accident july 16, 2007. That is the reason of his reaction after lifting that thing.

[@jonaswtf]

Mathias steiner makes me cry every single time. seriously

[@1aryan61]

same !!!

[@DanielMikhail1501]

@@1aryan61 omg 😱 same here he is a legend felt bad for him in London when he hurt his neck

[@patrickbateman4148]

Come on, he isnt that ugly

[@NiVi192]

One of the most heartbreaking moments in Olympic history!! Was für ein Mahnmal, dieser Steiner!!

[@simonmoore6823]

It's a shame you didn't have a close-up of Mathias receiving his medal: he's holding a photo of his late wife.

[@foxmmmm]

he got another wife just 1,5 years after Beijing ;)

[@HoangDuongLe0807]

people move on

[@TV-sn1vh]

NO

[@neoshenlong]

Reading this comment made me fucking cry

[@eekjejanson2651]

@@foxmmmm so what? Just because she unfortunately died he's not allowed to love again?

[@rhidiandavies1991]

Am I the only one that thinks his story would make for an amazing film?

[@Blitz_Shorts]

fucking 8 years passed by in a minute. I can't believe it. :( When Beijing games ended I asked myself, oh hell , it will take ages for London games to begin , but now Rio games are over . How fast is time flying ....

[@JonathanXLindqviust]

He lost his wife in a car accident. So fucking tragic, and yet he wins. He did it.

[@MegaRobby1996]

wtf are you talking about

[@JonathanXLindqviust]

He literally lost his personal coach, and wife, in between the Olympics.

[@derek4177]

MegaRobby if you see a comment with so many likes, you should rather investigate instead of asking a dumb question.

[@Dizzydawne]

MegaRobby1996 seriously you almost treat this comment as if he doesn’t know what he’s saying, you’re stupid

[@thienanlam9218]

Gold Medal for his wife, Respect

[@krischan67]

For a moment, Matthias Steiner was the happiest man in the world. Sometimes it needs more than strength to be the strongest.

[@mrdingles]

wish they didn't cut off the celebration... that was the best part of it

[@liamchenry92]

Awesome. Shivers down my spine watching this again. Steiner deserved this through and through!

[@mikeyburger1]

I've met the great Viktors Scerbathis! He is a legend, huge guy! And I love his technique what an athlete. An Steiner is just the King of weightlifting at this present time! WOW! such strength out of that 258 kg clean Im so pleased for him, he deserved it!

[@1945joshuaruiz]

This weight lifters may be fat but they have lots of muscle weight and also really know how to pick up weights. Olympics weight lifters have the same balance as ballerina

[@HalifaxHercules]

Chigishev was definitely not fat. Even though he weighed around the 280-290 lb. range and had a lot of muscle, he was incredibly strong for a Super-Heavyweight Weightlifter pound for pound.

[@lMobiuscidl]

Check out Li Xiaojun. Fat is only with the heaviest lifters, who dont have to be worried about fitting in the weight class

[@TheLeviathar]

Pablo Cid They still have to worry a bit about weight, gaining to much weight will make them slower, often causing problems in the snatch, look how Chingishev only weighted 125 kilos and could snatch 210, which is very near the snatch world record, but was a 13 kilos from the world record in Clean and jerk

[@delmundovlogs]

Also, to add onto that, lightest guy in a tie would be the winner Ludwig Eriksson

[@123jogger123]

Fat doesn't lift weight. No one of these guys can spend energy in wearing fat.

[@howsitgoingbts]

That is the best reaction ive ever seen for anything. What a legend!

[@2010balam]

Sad to see him down, he is a great weightlifter

[@ViniciusPedreira]

2:33 Russian guy: "Oh, well"

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Watch the animated version its like 20 seconds long but powerful

[@aerocite]

so inspirational

[@kirksman]

his reaction, steiner was priceless.....princeless i tell ya

[@scientificallyunstab]

I met steiner while been back home in Tenerife. Him and the rest of the German national team were training in my town this Summer and I have got to say that the guy is apretty top bloke (well they all were)...plus when you see him, you don't really think that you are talking to a man that can lift 258 kilos C+J I even drank beers and tequila shots with them...though towards the end of the night Matthias sort of wandered off and everyone was looking for him haha

[@Pragmaticks]

congrats Steiner, great lifting.

[@bzrett]

pound for pound that russian guy is pretty damn strong!

[@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.

[@metalheadblues]

Right in the feels Beautiful movement!

[@berner2010]

258 por la gloria olímpica...gran levantamiento.

[@carlopedroni4934]

Ultra Strong guys !

[@hussainmdyt7638]

Respect for Evegeny Chigishev

[@MarkSmithhhh]

Nobody was beating him that day, maybe another day, another time, maybe ANY other day and time...but that day, nobody was touching him

[@MoreLife427]

That big german is pushing over 1000 pounds over his head! well done man

[@2010balam]

Please be polite and instead go and read the history: The winner in Olympics 2000 and 2004 had 472.5 kg. The winner of 2008 had 461. The bronze winner of 2000 lifted 462.5 kg.

[@krischan67]

That was magnificient.

[@cooperhanson5564]

They make the bar look like a little toothpick.

[@kumail72]

he is from iran, google it, hossein rezazadeh, or youtube search it. he has world records in olympics in 2000 and 2004. and retired just 1 month before 2008 olympics or he would hav clean sweaped that place. He lift 263kg like a toy :)

[@ohedd]

I love him

[@heykellie]

Totally!!

[@1967tuncay]

@kooziejr for now you are right. his problem is: he is very good in snatch but not good enough in clean and jerk. to be thebest you have to be strong in clean and jerk. you remember 1996 in atlanta? tschemerkin was the best in clean and jerk

[@Kinghammerman]

yes

[@u2546149]

Given the top comment I think I'm pretty safe in saying these guys are so hot! I'm so glad there are at least some Olympic sports that show off the beauty of big men for us big men admirers.

[@TruthandjusticeXXL]

Somebody is cutting onions here.

[@URAGR8M8]

He doesn't hold the real world records though. He only has his records because the old ones were removed when the weight classes were restructured. His clean and jerk, snatch and total have all been beaten at Olympics during the 80s.

[@man61x]

one word: inspiration!

[@narayankannan9679]

Chigyev even in this weight class is quite ripped

[@MARRIANWALE]

amazing

[@Floydisekt]

This is Steiner!! Ahu

[@wolftch]

@DaVodo0, ow :( sorry I didn't know that. Steiner 4 LIFE :D It takes so much self-control to train after such a loss :( BIG UP

[@lymphe]

@The666thBowelOfHell he is austrian

[@KarlosPaco33]

Did Rezazadeh participate on this olimpics??

[@benzinunbezahlbar6400]

I respect male weightlifters and fear female weightlifters!!

[@1967tuncay]

chigishev is the man to beat in the future

[@dasboot47]

misha koklayev would kick ass if he would start with weight lifting again+

[@ccxlderon]

muchas vigas

[@kreftegleichgewicht]

it seems to me that the russian was too sure about his victory

[@Stromeberg]

@EmotionalShredd Eigentlich kommt er ja aus Österreich, aber deiner Aussage zu Folge ist das für dich wahrscheinlich Bergdeutschland....

[@YmCmbZ]

snap city!

[@philosophpascal]

ever heard about stomach muscles?

[@kraftsportNO]

yeah, but he wasn't severly hurt. It looked dramatic though.

[@trinity9011]

@dasboot47 he wasnt strong enough thats why left, hes not going to be better now after strongman training

[@crispybartyyy]

Bromance at 2:23

[@pejolin]

His wife died in an accident one year before the olympics, and I heard he promised to win gold for her.

[@EmotionalShredd]

@Stromeberg Österreich gehört für mich immer noch zu Deutschland:-D

[@user-tf8dr2ud2k]

Does anyone else think that Chigishev kind of looks like an alternate reality Seth Rogen? Instead of comedy, he got into weight lifting!

[@JohnFarrellDev]

feels

[@Someoneusemyname]

This is Bear

[@easthoolsdynamo9843]

and today he's down :(

[@DustinOranchuk]

the lifter from latvia took to much on his last lift all he needed to take the lead was 255 not 257

[@theresidentone]

@passwordresetisbroke Nice response, makes sense:)

[@chillywillye3990]

❤🎉😊

[@밍밍뮤-k9w]

2019?

[@BrentstyleVibes]

sport has weight categories. There's no fat guys in 56kg or fat girls in 48kg, nor are there in the higher classes, without going to superheavyweights.

[@ashleybeni777]

wow gud lifted

[@Haures89]

yes .... he doing this for his Dead Wife :(

[@1TheRealKingKong1]

Poor Chigishev, should have won!

[@aperra2sbiker]

bkn

[@philosophpascal]

not quite...but the guys are not fat. that is all muscle dude

[@theresidentone]

Does being fat help lift more wieght or something cus most of em look fat.

[@aimlesslace2165]

T

[@RandomToughGuy]

do you feel lonely sometimes? picking random youtube comments to start a conversation...pretty sad ;)

[@saiyanalliance]

germans ur strong omg

[@Holbeinisscheisse]

i believe he could have done 300kg with that will

[@harry_klaert_auf]

@Kalbsschnitzel1975 kalbsschnitzel. geil :-D ja aber YOU ARE RIGHT :-)

[@kooziejr]

Germany own Russia once again.

[@wolftch]

@jeeperjus, :S dude I made a comment which cancels my previous one.

[@marielalomeli1842]

Who looked this up because of weight lifting fairy Kim Bok Joo?

[@PopKa16]

1:24 a real german ;)

[@podovan]

He retired because of too much chemicals that he ate during his career

[@RandomToughGuy]

he lost ;)

[@Mikeyburger3]

irritating commetation loL!

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[@shakeAbooty88]

Yes but everyone knows that in Beijing weights are heavier than in Sydney or Greece.

[@DenisVinny]

No words! Simple amazing! The happiest person on Earth at that time!

[@ПавелПросто-т6ъ]

В руках у Маттиаса Штайнера фото его супруги Сюзанн, погибшей в автокатастрофе за год до этой олимпиады..... Я даже представить не могу как он это пережил, как продолжал готовиться, как совладал с собой и победил на Олимпиаде...

[@fabbz1182]

This Russian screaming was hilarious

[@coltcrazyable]

as a man who is a total beast, i didn't expect him to scream like a girl, haha....jk, much respect to these athletes

[@VasileSurdu]

you missed his story, his wife died in a car accident before the games and he promised her he would win the gold... trully a big moment for him

[@tanmoydas8156]

2:33 tht appreciation frm fellow competitor is way more meaningful thn wining medals! Thts wht We shld live for

[@cpetrizzi]

That was 100% appreciation because he knew once Mathias completed that C&J it was game over!

[@alistairthompson2750]

Chigichev got beat by 1kg by someone who weighed 30kg more steiner had divine help that day

[@spongebobn0pants]

good to see a guy who went through so much win........... steiner buried his wife less than a year ago so i was so glad to see him win......... priceless reaction.........

[@BabyMario1130]

This moment makes me sad. Sorry, but it does. 😢😭

[@HalifaxHercules]

Pound for pound, Chigishev is definitely the strongest Super-Heavyweight Weightlifter of all time.

[@riesenesel176]

+John Barrett Alexandr Kurlowitsch was stronger and not really heavier and had a total of 472,5 on worlds 1987 Anatoliy Pisarenko jerked 265 kg @ 123 kg.Chigishev best c&j in a competition is 250 kg i think.

[@jacobkaplan2798]

Definitely the best moment in weightlifting

[@shelbymunro8941]

This makes me cry every time.