thepharoah 2,264 Posted April 2, 2020 #41 Share Posted April 2, 2020 photo for the Legendary Vasily Alekseyev one of the most iconic symbols of weightlifting and the Olympic Champion in the heavy weight in both 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games , WOW the amount of decorations makes u feel he participated at many wars heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted April 2, 2020 #42 Share Posted April 2, 2020 That looks like some random high-ranking officer in any army, usually they like to show every single one of their 'medals' and stripes even if they got them for total bullshit like being able to set up a tent or something (only an example of course) thepharoah 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff88 1,729 Posted April 3, 2020 #43 Share Posted April 3, 2020 15 hours ago, thepharoah said: photo for the Legendary Vasily Alekseyev one of the most iconic symbols of weightlifting and the Olympic Champion in the heavy weight in both 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games , WOW the amount of decorations makes u feel he participated at many wars Excuse us please... thiago_simoes, thepharoah, nitinsanker and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted April 4, 2020 Author #44 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Decision on Thailand and Malaysia Weightlifting federations https://www.iwf.net/2020/04/04/independent-member-federation-sanctions-panel-imfsp-issues-decisions-thai-amateur-weightlifting-association-malaysian-weightlifting-federation/ Thailand is suspended for 3 years. Olympian1010 and bmo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted April 15, 2020 #45 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Goodbye Aján, no anyone will miss you NearPup and Olympian1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted May 5, 2020 Author #46 Share Posted May 5, 2020 the end for Ilya Ilyin, even though as mentioned in the article he almost had no chance to qualify. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1093895/ilya-ilyin-announces-retirement he lost both of his Olympic titles, but he is still a 4 time World Champion and 2 time Asian Games gold medalist. there is no re-testing for those events ! interestingly he is still considered as a hero in Kazakhstan, they (I mean people, not officials) either have no problem with doping or probably they think he was innocent ! despite being one of the biggest cheaters in history of this sport, I still liked his personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted May 5, 2020 #47 Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, MHSN said: the end for Ilya Ilyin, even though as mentioned in the article he almost had no chance to qualify. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1093895/ilya-ilyin-announces-retirement he lost both of his Olympic titles, but he is still a 4 time World Champion and 2 time Asian Games gold medalist. there is no re-testing for those events ! interestingly he is still considered as a hero in Kazakhstan, they (I mean people, not officials) either have no problem with doping or probably they think he was innocent ! despite being one of the biggest cheaters in history of this sport, I still liked his personality. One of the first lifters I watched in awe with a sense of no weight being too heavy for him. That epic battle in Almaty for the world title against Nurudinov and Bedzhanyan...man, that was something, from all three! Three attempts, three consecutive world records If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted June 4, 2020 #48 Share Posted June 4, 2020 The three key findings from an independent report into the IWF https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/weightlifting/52922604 1) IWF is monumentally corrupt. 2) Positive doping results covered up. 3) The sky is still blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted June 6, 2020 #49 Share Posted June 6, 2020 And the full report: https://mclarenweightliftingenquiry.com/wp-content/themes/mclarenweightlifitingenquiry/assets/mclaren-independent-investigator-report-iwf-final.pdf If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,047 Posted June 7, 2020 Author #50 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 06/06/2020 at 12:44, heywoodu said: And the full report: https://mclarenweightliftingenquiry.com/wp-content/themes/mclarenweightlifitingenquiry/assets/mclaren-independent-investigator-report-iwf-final.pdf I read the whole report, this pictures Tamas Ajan as devil himself while I agree with that, I wonder why nobody stopped this devil in past 45 years ?! hard to believe nobody in IOC/WADA/etc knew how corrupt he is. everybody in weightlifting community knows about him. I (as a normal sport fan) am not even an expert in this sport and I know some of his dirty actions. I really hope they kick all of his friends out of IWF, maybe they even have to destroy IWF and create something new. this organization is corrupt to the core. I think this lady Ursula Papandrea is a good person but she is surrounded by Ajan's friends. thiago_simoes, Olympian1010 and mrv86 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts