Thursday, January 21, 2010

  • Yuri Vlasov


    • It was Yuri Vlasov who came along and broke most of Paul Anderson's records at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In order to do so, he became the first man to Clean & Jerk over 400 pounds(402-1/2 pounds).

    Anderson did not compete at these games as by that time he was no longer an amateur athlete. Just to prove a point, however, shortly afterwards at an exhibition Anderson took Vlasov's winning lift and performed three reps with it!

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    Posted by John Wood @ Thursday, January 21, 2010

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