The Crowd That Lifted The Weight

The intensity of the crowd during the men's +109kg session at the Euorpean Weightlifting Championships 2023 gives us a glimpse as to the true potential of weightlifting. The chanting, cheering and energy that the crowd brought with it helped empower the weightlifters to place, in many cases, personal records overhead. For Lasha Talakhadze, Varazdat Lalayan and Simon Martirosyan it played a huge role.
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[@WeightliftingHouse]

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[@Novagregory2024]

There's just something about legendary, world-class athleticism that never gets old to watch, plain and simple.

[@aadityammahanta6141]

True that

[@marekKulczyk]

competition?

[@haveatyou1]

You don't say?

[@zloidooraque0]

@@marekKulczykno Russia, no competition

[@Sheltur_0311]

@@zloidooraque0you mean doping?

[@lordsudbury]

Lalayan hitting that 250 in front of a home crowd is perfect

[@faggianogeuiseppi5135]

He’s a unit but idk if he can catch lasha

[@YQQ22]

🇦🇲🇦🇲🐷🐷🐭🐭😂😂😂🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲

[@davidlomashvili8175]

And lasha is always first right😅

[@gioaltun1223]

1st is Talahadze!! all times… after lalayan, babayan, pashinyan…

[@LowKeyStatus]

I’m Turkish son this didn’t impress me in the slightest

[@isaiahkane9282]

Watching lasha lifting these incredible weights while tired is crazy. He’s usually wayyy more explosive I didn’t even hear his feet smack the ground

[@uncanaldeentretenimiento9918]

He was injured several times and his peak is ending.

[@Mizernyi]

500 seems to far away...

[@isaiahkane9282]

@@uncanaldeentretenimiento9918 I swear after that knee injury he’s just not the same. I’m hoping it’s just a mental thing and he’s a bit nervous to push like he used too

[@marledanimefan7186]

Lasha walk in looks like he reluctantly is entering his in-laws home.

[@Blitz_Shorts]

I have watched this live and made couple of videos myself, I can assure the athmosphere was smth else, truly legendary, this is why the championships must be organized in countries where the sport is popular.

[@EmorettaRobinson]

I like how hyped the crowd was. At the same time it's just occurred to me that I haven't seen an interview of Lasha or the other lifters. I also think that just as we see gymnasts, track athletes swimmers, soccer players, football players and basketball players on the cover of magazines and on cereal boxes that same energy should go towards weightlifters. They put just as much effort, discipline and dedication into being the best they can be as any other athlete does. I'm not dissing any other athlete. I'm just saying I'd like to see weightlifters get the same recognition.

[@_R_R_R]

I would say swim is pretty underrepresented too, most people only recognize micheal phelps.

[@fabiotieri3155]

To the general uneducated public these aren't athletes, just walking tubs of lard. People want to see bulging biceps, pecs, six packs and veins. Maybe then lifters in lighter weight categories? Sure why not?

[@ritardstrength5169]

I’m late to this discussion, but I think there’s a huge language barrier with these lifters

[@Pedrochenko]

Their golden era was 1960-70s, in terms of media attention and admiration by public. Read Yuri Vlasov’s book “Justice of strength”.

[@jmcsquared18]

Can't wait to see Gor and Lalayan go at it against Lasha again. Those two are brutal, getting better every time they compete.

[@thorthewolf8801]

At the same time, I dont want Lasha to be beaten!

[@jmcsquared18]

​@@thorthewolf8801 one day, he will lose. Entropy and injuries will eventually claim him, as they do everyone. And that will not change the fact that he is the greatest weightlifter ever by a stupid margin. It just means one day, we'll see new faces and talent take their spot on the podium as well.

[@kathirpagalavan6448]

@@jmcsquared18 the alternate possibility being lasha totaling 500 at paris and retiring right there with his third olympic gold alongside other legends

[@jmcsquared18]

@@kathirpagalavan6448 I just don't think that Lasha is gonna total 500. Just mathematically, it's not gonna happen. Lasha struggled on his 267 clean and jerk (it initially got two reds before the jury gave it back to him). If he one day snatches even 230, which would be completely mind boggling, he'd need to hit 270 on the clean and jerk to get to 500. If he doesn't snatch north of 225, it'd need to be 275 or more. That'd be the heaviest attempt ever, not just make, if he did make it. Now that he's suffered an injury, despite how he's still the best ever, he might be at his peak. Just raking in golds at this point, he'll eventually get 9 gold totals, or maybe double digit golds, which would be a historic first. But a 500 total seems out of reach now imo.

[@Lazica617]

@@jmcsquared18 maybe you aren't up to date, despite his injury he recovered well and seems to be in phenomenal shape, I think being the strongest he ever was, he is already doing 250 CJ and 210 snatches while in training, I dont understand why people like you are always throwing doubt and shade twords these men, not too long ago many thought what Lasha already accomplished to be impossible as well, and yet here we are

[@Maddolis]

7 straight European championships, what a beast!

[@helterskelter416]

even more impressive, 7 straight world championship golds and 2 straight olympic golds

[@AnimProdukcjaPL]

Lasha is another level

[@Giorgio-d3n]

@@helterskelter416 now 3 Olympic medals

[@PaladinMika]

as an amateur powerlifter, the best thing about going to competitions/meets is that everyone, including your competition is cheering for you

[@genova8148]

This is the live stream that weightlifting needs!! Great job seb

[@soulzzplaysgames]

Don't you love it when a crowd just cheers everyone? 😊

[@Al.j.Vasquez]

The quality of the camera work and the video recorded is top notch.

[@УсманДадаев]

Лаша молодец некогда не прыгает,не дёргается,поднял,бросил,и пощёл,по кавказский,увожаю его,салам из чечни!

[@chrisnicolaou3871]

Beautiful camera work. Well done.

[@EG80]

So good I didn't even think to question it, ig that is the goal with these events, props to the team fr

[@jordanbabcock9349]

Fantastic production. Thought this was a repost of a cable television event. Outstanding work team!!

[@binalgunaratne4995]

its crazy, 1st place is a top athlete that is in the prime of his years, he is a genetic freak that comes once every couple of decades or so with enough pure will and dedication to move mountains and he looks like my dad

[@Drttuser]

❤ცოცხალი ლეგენდა, საქართველოს სიამაყე

[@jimhays2772]

These 3 guys look like they could be brothers.

[@babayaga20000]

Still crazy to think that Ilya hit most of these numbers as a 105

[@o-neil]

Even crazier to think that Yury Zakharevich basically did hit these numbers as a 110, 210 snatch 250.5 clean and jerk

[@sadx6]

Mens 109+ and womens 49 are the two most exciting weight classes

[@LucasDimoveo]

I feel like the men’s 89kg category? I like watching the 73s because speed and technique are more important when you’re that light, and in the 96kg weight class the jerks overhead are strong AF

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Can’t wait to see the -49s

[@ВиТТалиБЕбиа]

Живая Легенда , БРАВО тебя ЛАША, Гордость Грузинского Народа ❤❤❤

[@gabriel.hongkong]

And the mutual respect and camaraderie is awesome to see

[@AliCanTUNCER8]

My testosterone reached supraphysiological levels just by watching these gentlemen.

[@yusifusi8618]

very nice picture quality, thank you, fun to watch.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@irqdaisychain3343]

i watched this live and was amazing, the Martyrosian lift, the 3rd Lalayan attempt, and the best fucking crowd in weightlifting world, simply amazing

[@fabiotieri3155]

And Lasha's majestic belly jiggle

[@sandeepjayakumar3680]

Felt like he was lifting a free bar..Smooooooth....!!🔥🔥❤

[@benoitpellet1657]

Amazing, isn’t it? Not only does he do it, but he makes it look effortless!

[@sandeepjayakumar3680]

@@benoitpellet1657 Exactly!! Determination and some motivation can make you achieve amazing feats!! Such beauty!!❤❤❤

[@Alexandertygreat]

There is something in the water in Georgia, for pure power, no country on the planet compares. If i ever have q kid, hopefully a son, im gonna find me a Georgian wife maybe Kazakhstan, they strong af too

[@robschilke]

🐐 crowd

[@ramaztsikhishvili7202]

🇬🇪👍👍✊✊გილოცავ გამარჯვებას შენ წერ ისტორიას ღმერთი გფარავდეს გოლიათო

[@kdu7ehskeowlaj]

Speak English we're in America 🦅🦅🔥🔥🔥🦅🔥🔥

[@giomakron8913]

​@@kdu7ehskeowlajეს ლაშას ანუ მეფის ენაა !!! შენ ილაპარაკე ქართულად !!!

[@alexpark6443]

Another wh video. Love to see it

[@Barbelljacked]

If the quality and edit of this video is an indicator of the things to come at Weightlifting House… holy f**k 😍😍

[@sofiasopo7839]

Lasha❤🇬🇪

[@lukea136]

Lasha's belly is incredible!

[@richjmb5522]

It is very strong

[@fabiotieri3155]

It's a power belly, it can bump you into oblivion

[@Mac-pluto]

It’s very impressive. Dude is built like a father of 5 that operates forklifts for a living and crushes a 6 pack of tall boys everyday after work.

[@WaT3rb0y619]

Weightlifting house is tomorrows Ironmind. I hope WH stays around for many years to come. When my sons can understand the sport they will be indoctrinated here!

[@SauceyJo7]

these big boys look happy

[@lordsudbury]

Awesome video editing Seb

[@LambeauLeeeper]

Lashas belly getting huge!

[@fabiotieri3155]

His belly arrives to the platform minutes before he does 🤭😎

[@izoldagomez2393]

No worry’s , he can menage

[@iwanjo97]

Lasha didnt break his own world record

[@jamesascher8147]

human beings are amazing

[@joe-vl3nd]

Forget Messi. Lasha is the King 👍🇬🇧

[@user-boxue]

amazing video quality!

[@pasila69]

Absolute Legends!

[@LatimusChadimus]

Great title

[@ronaldyoung7705]

lasha still a beast

[@krobro]

Wow. This looks gorgeous. Will the Worlds stream (or on demand) be in 4K/50fps as well?

[@gilabola4642]

can you imagine if lasha decided to train for strongmen competition

[@gamenos3815]

Looks easy for lasha

[@Lioish]

Can’t wait for WLH covering next worlds.

[@johndoherty-hh2ck]

At the 2017 jr worlds Simon Martyrosian had 246 to arms length while weighing around 110 kgs barely qualifyng for the supers category

[@Fanaro]

The stage is looking sick

[@feliciacoffey6832]

This was wonderful to see!!

[@Brisk855]

Rest time needs to be longer.

[@IsaacMorgan98]

Is Lasha okay? I know he's a big boy but his cardio seems like it's next level terrible.

[@CJHan]

Man weighs 175kg, that is not healthy.

[@RonM.]

@@CJHan Eddie Hall at his heaviest was 197kg, Brian Shaw was 213kg. Those guys were not out of shape, and same goes for these lifters to. They are not out of shape, and they are healthy in different ways.

[@iampenguintm6887]

@@RonM. They're not out of shape but they are in no way shape or form healthy. They're doing high dose anabolics and carrying an absurd amount of mass which makes their heart constantly work in overdrive in addition to all the other issues like sleep apnoea, arythmias etc that come at that bodyweight.. The athleticism, the strength is incredible and admirable, but they're all trading years off their life in persuit of it.

[@RonanThomas]

Massive gut on him...must do literally 0 cardio and drink beer all the time.

[@fabiotieri3155]

​@@RonanThomasThat gut can bump you into oblivion, though

[@NinjaofApathy]

"He is a bit winded, but he's always a but winded"

[@izoldagomez2393]

His gone be fine

[@M1tjakaramazov]

WTF Lalyan: no belt, no wrist wraps, no knee wraps...? 😨

[@kyua2445]

Goddamn, I wish the same amount of crowd as well here in my country when It comes to olympic weightlifting. Too bad the sport still stays in the shadows of the mainstream sports in PH.

[@PowBro]

What country are you from?

[@kyua2445]

@@PowBro Im from philippines. Despite the gold medal we got from tokyo olympics, the increase in popularity of weightlifting here is insignificant.. feels like the win was just a temporary and the moment of excitement was a glimpse, and the spotlight was always in other popular sports especially basketball (fact: they were recently eliminated in fiba world cup lmao, their huge investment was literally put to waste)

[@poolman20001]

I think that I am strong because I can deadlift 220kg. These freaks are on another level.

[@ser_igel]

i mean ur still strong the fact ur not one of the best doesn't mean you're not good

[@masi.mahinpey]

I am looking forward for the olympics. Its not gonna be easy for Lasha this time.

[@MmrGlitch]

I have yet to see a crowd lift weights

[@teiwaztim1482]

i hope toychyyev is at worlds. he has become my favorite lifter. i love his emotions!

[@WeightliftingHouse]

He brings the party 🎉

[@thames_music1219]

"doesn't wear a belt; these larger athletes have built up one of their own, I suppose" lol

[@Riketi]

Light weight!

[@JohnJacob56]

Have there been any major Lasha health updates? Is he return back to his peak form?

[@liammoon9309]

Look at that majestic power belly jiggle

[@fabiotieri3155]

😂😂

[@Akaki1999]

It's crazy how small Caucasus region got all 3 top spots, in European championship... I keep seeing Caucasus people, especially Georgians, winning this sport very often. Like, is it because of natural selection, in past 10k, caused by living in mountainous region? favoring ones that lift heavy rocks? or why are two 3M population nations better than whole European competitors? (and whole world too, from what I see, they even get top spots in world championships, again, especially Georgians)

[@fabiotieri3155]

Yeah, something about mountain people...also Levan Saginashvili (world champion armwrestler) is from Georgia

[@Dwalin1989]

Team Armenia winning the medal competition in European championships is the most ordinary thing in weightlifting

[@Georgesan7throws]

Very good watching....

[@seanwhitehall4652]

2:30 I though there was no way

[@CheekiTiki]

Most athletes in general can't even deadlift this amount of weight. What a glorious man.

[@tatskamaster]

Why are the rest times so short??

[@1000JackFoster]

Спасибо!

[@CFH1962]

No belt n wrist straps for lalayan?

[@ItsMinarmy]

The guy is so much bigger, how is that even fair

[@fabiotieri3155]

Nobody evers said it was 😉

[@joni9015]

Высокий рост Ето Не преимущество..надо поднять Снаряд на 2.40 см

[@skoodlemoose]

I feel like i would want the crowd roaring the whole time but maybe that's just me

[@ME-vi8gm]

летчик, я там так хохотался)))))

[@ryongsang6882]

영상 퀄리티 미쳤다ㄷㄷ 유럽선수권이 이정도인데 이번 오일머니 바른 사우디 경기장은 어떨지 기대가 되네요

[@kdu7ehskeowlaj]

Go back to china buddy 🦅🦅🔥🦅🦅🔥🦅🔥🦅

[@kaxashamanauri5050]

Lasha👍👍👍👍

[@آیدینرضازاده]

LAŚA, 👍👍.

[@Theo-ul8qm]

For those of you guys who compete, do you know why they use that ice pack on the back of their necks? I can imagine it helps cyclists, or athletes running out in the heat, but does it help that much when weightlifting?

[@Madona123-12]

Mono,!!!!🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪❤🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@gaming4ever118]

Armenia ❤❤

[@Madona123-12]

❤❤❤❤😊

[@Madona123-12]

❤❤🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪❤🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@GeorgeHurt-tx9wr]

🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@Marc-nc9yv]

I have asked this question many times on this channel, but still no answer. I love Lasha and what he does, but why does he have so much gut. Does it not interfere with the bar? Would he not be better if he was a little thinner in the gut area and maybe a little more cardio fit?

[@WeightliftingHouse]

He wouldn't be able to carry as much muscle mass if he was concerend with losing weight. His goal is to carry as much muscle mass as possible, and if extra fat comes along with that it's ok. The cardiovascular demands of the sport are extremely low.

[@fabiotieri3155]

Also when he was younger (I mean around twenty years old) he was thinner, so he learnt step by step how to deal with his belly.

[@jryer1]

Awesome! Lasha is overweight, even for +109kg class. That much belly weight is very dangerous for his health. I would strongly suggest he gets blood work done immediately. I can almost guarantee there will be some serious issues when that blood lab comes back. Amazing lifter, but at this point in his life, he is literally in a lot of pain, just not worth it.

[@Mac-pluto]

He’s literally the best in the world at his sport and likely uses large dosages of anabolics… of course he has doctors monitoring his health and bloodwork is standard for anyone on gear.

[@jirace]

These are giant men.

[@Noodlyk18]

I'm pretty new to Weightlifting so forgive the stupid question, but why was Lasha so completely out of breath? I get that it's a maximal effort lift but he was panting still 3 minutes after the lift which seems really weird to me. Did he have any issues going into this with conditioning or something? And do weightlifters do any GPP? Just curious, not trying to make fun or anything here, dude's a beast.

[@nyquist_control]

Yes, he has confirmed that he has a minor heart issue previously and recently his condition has been worsening. His body can only support so much mass so I hope he retires soon for the sake of his health. No human should be at 180kg, even for his frame, but that's the sacrifice he's made to get to this level.

[@noncog1]

Steroids fuck up your heart, being very obese is hard on your heart, combine these two things with the absolutely enormous amount of energy it takes to move the weight he does, and this is where you land. Makes me concerned that his heavier lifts come from higher doses compared to the other athletes though. I'm not concerned with use if every one is on similar amounts, but if one athlete finds a way to skate by with heavier usage it's bad for the sport.

[@Noodlyk18]

@@noncog1 That sucks, these sports really need to take this issue seriously, I lost hope in Bodybuilding because it'll take Mr Olympia dying on stage for them to do something. Guess this is the same everywhere, viewership and money > athlete's health

[@ukestudio3002]

Like the commentator.."this is very, very heavy."

[@livestrongforever]

very entertaining

[@DoggosAndJiuJitsu]

And this, my friends, is why there are male and female sports categories.

[@faggianogeuiseppi5135]

These dude should get at least 5 min rest before lifts. lol I take 8 min between sets doing squats, which compared to these dudes looks like nothing

[@Rameshmessi77]

Unbelievable human

[@ecospider5]

Are they wearing structural shirts? That’s the only way I can think to describe it. Does the shirt help support the back and help so they don’t tear a muscle?

[@АсилМуминов]

Армяни молодцы

[@semaj30]

Not super familiar with weightlifting meets, what is making the sound like a lot of camera shutters? ….is it cameras? 😅

[@zxcvb243]

Yep

[@JK-zx3go]

Talakhadze looks like he's going to have a heart attack.

[@mixailzosimov6128]

Грузия😊в😊перед😊молодей😊лаша😊❤❤❤

[@skymaster9665]

I'm new to weighlifting but the 3rd lifter (telakasi) looks like he's obese. I mean the chinese men weightlifters like Tian Tao and Mr too much muscle are so jacked and so atheletic. Is there any particular reason why men in the super heavy weight category are soo fat?

[@stefs]

if you're not restricted by a maximum weight, the caloric surplus helps you train harder (and recover from hard training sessions better). the harder training sessions are what helps them lift that weight. the caloric restriction necessary for a lower bf% would definitely impede their lifts. it's not that they're less muscular than shredded guys - to the contrary - they're more muscular, the muscles just not as visible. there are a few other reasons but that's it mostly. even in the lower weight classes there are some athletes (even chinese) who lift more with a (slightly) higher bf%, even thought that means a little less muscle mass.

[@skymaster9665]

@@stefs cool thanks lucidly explained.

[@fabiotieri3155]

Because when you're as tall as Lasha, you also want to be a total boss and want your belly to announce you wherever you go