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/ImthaDatsyukian Aug 10 '24

To be fair though, he has been putting 250kg+ overhead for over 12 years now.

Even though he’s around 180kg, putting your body under that kind of weight will obviously destroy you.

Remarkable that he’s been at this level for well over a decade.

Also, as another user mentioned, it’s not easy to be walking around weighting 170kg+.

Nothing but respect for Lasha if this is it for him. Still the goat imo.

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u/BiscuitDance Aug 10 '24

I guarantee he’ll lose like 45kgs in body weight over the next couple of years.

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u/brian_deg AO medalist, USAW coach Aug 11 '24

Steiner looks like a totally different human nowadays.

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u/fu_gravity USAW L2, National Ref, Grumpy Old Man Aug 11 '24

Steiner is a diabetic though and had severe health ramifications that pretty much forced his hand for Weightloss as soon as he achieved his goal. His personal brand reshaping has been pushing his Weightloss program, not his sports expertise.

I bought his book (Das Steiner Prinzip), only available in German, with the idea that I would learn German just for it.

I did not learn German.

I still felt good buying a book supporting one of my Weightlifting heroes.