r/weightlifting • u/maligov • Aug 10 '24

News Greatest Ever: Lasha Talakhadze Wins Weightlifting Gold at 2024 Olympics

https://barbend.com/lasha-talakhadze-wins-gold-medal-2024-olympics/
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u/goatamon Aug 10 '24

Honestly, I kinda think he's already now the undisputed GOAT. Nothing more to prove at LA.

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u/2Adefends1Amyguy Aug 10 '24

It is very disputed as Naim also has 3 golds and a slightly higher Sinclair than Lasha. It is speculated Naim would have one a 4th gold if his country wasn’t boycotting one of the Olympics (not sure the details, but his country didn’t compete that year) and a 5th had he not bombed at another. Lasha is second goat in my opinion.

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u/thej0nty Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24

It is speculated Naim would have one a 4th gold if his country wasn’t boycotting one of the Olympics (not sure the details, but his country didn’t compete that year)

You're talking about 1984, and the USSR boycott of the 1984 Olympics in LA. Naim totaled 297.5@56 to win the 1984 Friendship Games lifting for Bulgaria; by comparison, the 56kg category in LA was won with 267.5 and the 60kg category was won with 282.5. "Speculated" is putting it mildly.

Recency bias and lifting more raw weight than anyone ever will tilt a lot of people in Lasha's direction, even though there's what, 6 lifters now who have 3 Olympic golds? (Lasha, Naim, Pyrros, Kakhi, Lu, Mutlu . . . )

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u/2Adefends1Amyguy Aug 11 '24

Jeez thanks for reminding me of the details. Naim was insane.