Solfrid Koanda vs Europe | Competition Highlights Europeans '22

[@WeightliftingHouse]

What do you all think of this style of highlight video of a competition? Wrist Wraps - www.weightliftinghouse.com/products/wrist-wraps/

[@alharris777]

Which is more likely: WLH getting a crew large enough to have full run of show (commentary + cameras + on-screen graphics, etc) of a livestream for an event, or y'all getting to have creative control over whatever camera crew is contracted by the organization running an event (ewf, iwf, or whomever)? or is neither likely? commentary during all the live streams made them really fun to watch and the camera angles they used were befuddling. #albanianAlps

[@WeightliftingHouse]

The first I think is more likely, and also what we'd rather. Even if there is an entire crew there separate from ours, I think we'd just bring out own set of cameras and run it separately. #AlbanianAlps

[@metalicspade]

Do more of these vid’s

[@leighmackay7486]

Excellent editing. Thanks Seb and Max for insightful commentary.

[@im_free-zc8gx]

Solfred Ella is a strong wrestler, and also a talented girl, a very strong weightlifting champion, we hope she continues, and she also deserves encouragement👍💪

[@njal87]

Awesome job WH! Loved the live stream, and I'm loving these post comp videos. This is just what weightlifting needs. Also as a Norwegian I'm super exited that we now have athletes at top international level. Can't wait to see Solfrid at the olympics!

[@cbn1362]

As a Norwegian, this was fantastic to see another Norwegian dominating in weightlifting!

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Yes, she was born in Finland but has lived in Norway since she was aged nine and is Norwegian.

[@trtnec]

@@WeightliftingHouse that guy's a blatant racist troll based on his name.

[@gac4460]

Is this chick polenesian, or maybe African, damn strong that's for sure

[@evilleader1991]

@@gac4460 bbc genetics 😅

[@thracian2072]

She's clearly not even European.

[@sdo917]

She looks like a top natural body builder

[@tristee3]

Seb and Max are going to sound real good in 2024...

[@getdusty1]

Thanks for this, Seb. She's a monster. Never heard of her before today!!

[@loluskekus]

Racist

[@barath4545]

Gotta love her suit, no doubt where she is from lol!

[@jahuti5065]

Great performance by Koanda. If she can maintain her current progress there's a strong chance she could add the world championship to her achievements. Last year's winner, Mönkhjantsangiin Ankhtsetseg of Mongolia only totalled 250kg, 2kg lighter than Koanda's total here.

[@luiscalderon7383]

First time watching her lift already a fan

[@futurewolftsw4462]

Would love to see a vid on the w71 session, strenius won from a gigantic deficit.

[@rfjohns4452]

You can see the muscle striations at tricep/shoulders showing strength. Her lockout is like a steel bar showing no movement in arms.

[@axreason]

14:47 she actually also cleaned 150 kg fully from the floor

[@5hydroxyT]

that last C and J was impressive

[@windriver2363]

Haha, love the moment at 6:24 where the coach is massaging the lifter, and the coach goes in for an ass slap but thinks better and stops.

[@NicolaiAwesome]

Go Solfrid! Go Norway! Go WLH!

[@diveshkr4127]

Is she being coached by, szymon kolecki’s second coach after he returned to the polish national team?

[@tenns051]

Yes she is.

[@ibfreely8952]

Max could do ASMR.

[@vfxforge]

unit!

[@jacobk1655]

damn any of you know her block jerk pb? made those jerks look easy

[@PkinJourne]

Future Lasha of the women's division?

[@andreaskulgeyko9962]

❤️🇳🇴💙💛

[@river9920]

When that fruit juice hit that paper cut 2:20

[@haroldpepete]

land of black metal

[@NICKTJONES]

First again

[@evilleader1991]

Mommy 😳

[@evilleader1991]

Noooooooooooorge

[@tommy2346]

She is not European lol. Least of all Norwegian

[@WeightliftingHouse]

She's very much European, most of all Norwegian

[@jackhand4073]

@@WeightliftingHouse Don't reply to racists

[@andreaskulgeyko9962]

Norske jenta 👍🤘🇳🇴

[@loluskekus]

@@jackhand4073 I'm sure your wife's boyfriend is so proud of you

[@towel9135]

@@WeightliftingHouse No she isn't. You wouldn't call a European(White person) born in a non-white country Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Nigerian, etc... so why are calling non-whites living in Europe Norwegian, Swedish, German, French, etc... when they aren't?

[@christopherroberts2500]

I'm gonna say it. WADA must be eyeballing her pretty hard. She is clearly juicing out of her mind, which is only somewhat apparent from the other female competitors. That level of muscularity would be commendable even on a large man, let alone a woman. Hope she doesn't get popped soon and we don't see her for years.

[@eirikhoelhiseth3225]

There are interviews where she describes suffering from poor self image as a youth because she was always abnormally muscular: "I've had biceps since I wore diapers". You can see a picture of her at two years old where she looks jacked. She clearly has freak genetics for building muscle. Of course she could be juicing, but this is not as cut and dry as you make it out to be.

[@KhanBalkan]

@@eirikhoelhiseth3225 mate, if you are doing elite numbers, beating everyone from countries that juice, you are on the juice.

[@The-WiseOwl]

It is very disappointing to hear you say that. Every now and then, when a female athlete comes out and performs far better than her competitors (both technique and weight wise) everyone jumps in to offer their "kind" comment and doubt them. You see men athlete lifting weights beyond imagination for decades and they are heros. Let's just appreciate what these athletes are doing and applause them. You don't get where they are only by drinking "juice". There is so much more going on. At least a decade long training. I challenge you to even try to get to that level and then offer your suggestions. I guarantee you, you would quit on day 2. Well done Sofigrit. You go girl.

[@larsm3336]

She gets a Norwegian Stipend to be able to do her sport professionally. One of the notes inn that contract is regular testing by Norways Wada approved anti doping agency. They get regularly tested throughout the entire year. With randomized visits.

[@christopherroberts2500]

@@larsm3336 Literally means nothing, don't be naive. Lance Armstrong passed what, 200 tests by the top doping agencies, administered by the premier sporting anti-doping scientists of his day. Never pissed hot. If this girl is on gear (which is a 99.99% likehood,) she's not gonna get caught unless she plays the politics badly.

[@HanStanwell]

Why is she wearing the Norwegian flag?

[@suprempuk]

Why wouldnt she wear it when she competes for them?

[@wilhelmw3455]

Because she is Norwegian.

[@HanStanwell]

@@wilhelmw3455 and I’m Nigerian

[@HanStanwell]

@@suprempuk cause she’s not Norwegian

[@TheSkatingreptile]

​@@HanStanwell what do you mean by that? she's not Norwegian?