GREEK WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM & OTHERS - SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPICS TRAINING HALLS & COMPETITION

Great Raw footage before all these tossers on youtube since 2015 or so started infiltrating the olympic weightlifting scene. FFS. Olympic weightlifting is the ultimate Strength Sport requiring not only strength but flexibility , mobility, timing speed and athleticism. This is Magnificent unseen footage from the 2000 training halls and competition of the Olympic Weightlifting, Sydney 2000 event. An underground sport for many years Australia, most enthusiasts trained in their garages well before crossfit and other such novelties popularised the concept and earned their stripes well before modern show ponies came along and bean to strut around as if they invented the sport. In the training Halls and Darling Harbour Convention Center for the 75,85,90 kg weightlifting olympic games events 2000. See Suleymanoglu’s last competition where he bombs out in the snatch, the Mens 75kg featuring the Bulgarian battle - Markov v Boevski - and the first pioneer chinamen weightlifters before the current era, then the Mens 85 Huster, Dimas, Asanidze then the Mens 95 class - kakhiasvilis, kolecki and others. Chronological footage between training halls and the competition stage. In training Kakhiasvilis was the smoothest lifter. Known as the computer - his technique flawless and absolute and directed control of the weight undeniable. Training Footage is in Regents Park Training Facility. All the greats of the 1990s and early 2000s. Highlight and focus is Greek Weighlifting team. World Class Athletes, Valerios Leonidis , Pyrros Dimas, Christos Spyrou, Victor Mitrou, Akakios Kakhiasvilis, Leonidas Sabanis, Coach Christos Iakovou, Nicolai Peshalov, Naim Suleymanoglu, Halil Mutlu and many more. Turkish Team, Romanian, Cuban, Russian also shown. 0-6 mins Miscellaneous Valerios Leonidis Pyrros Dimas light workout off the plane Cuban Megasquats Idalberto Aranda Pyrros Dimas Last Max Workout afew days before games begins, bombs out in snatch and returns post Clean and Jerk to complete. Christo Spyrou, Victor MItrou Greece Special appearance from Leonidas Sabanis Victor Mitrou Pyrros Dimas Clean and Jerk Pyrros Dimas returns to snatch after Clean and Jerk Absolute Bulgarian lunatic lifting from Qatar silencing the halls Suleymanoglu bombs out in the snatch in attempt for 4th Olympic Gold Mens 69lg Pyrros Dimas and Akakios Kakhiasvilis in the training halls Pioneer Chinese Weightlifter Zhan Xugang performs Chinaman celebration after good lift Mens 85kg Mens 95kg