[–] QuatroQuatro 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
For what it's worth, I think the +75 and +105 categories can be a joke. Sure, there are people close to the 75 and 105 classes (like, within 8kg) that are lifting awesome weight, then you have fat fucks like this (sorry):
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/2015+International+Weightlifting+Federation+QWI9cGt9RaEl.jpg
Who weigh in at 188kg, lifting weights that get beaten on Sinclair by a lot of recreational lifters. But the fat fuck gets to lift at an international competiton because +75 is not a super competitive class internationally.
Eyebleach of heavier weight being snatched by lighter, infinitely more attractive lifter:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a1/42/ce/a142ceb30df347b6e504a4ea569adecd.jpg
[–] LetTheAshesFly [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yeah they are a joke, but I just think they should cap them, so they aren't promoting morbidly obese death fats as "athletes" (even if that shit doesn't catch on fast, this is how they take things over).
[–] mystic_chihuahua 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Lidia Valentin is amazeballs. Women that maintain feminine traits while successfully competing in strength sports are essential. More girls and women would give these sports a go if they see proof that not all top level weightlifters look like the abomination that started this thread. I didn't start younger because I assumed (yeah, I know) that I'd end up a fat, mannish looking thing and fuck that.
[–] QuatroQuatro 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And the 2016 75kg Bronze medalist. She is kickass all around.
[–] mystic_chihuahua 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Oh, looky what I found about her selection for the team...
It isn’t just that Robles tested positive two years ago for an anabolic steroid and/or its metabolites. It’s that her two-year suspension ended only in August, meaning she didn’t participate in the drug-tested meets that served as qualifiers for this month’s worlds. In a controversial move, USA Weightlifting recently voted her onto the team, essentially displacing two less-accomplished athletes who believed they had qualified for the championships
That's right. Not only has it cheated in the past, it didn't even do the qualifiers or drug tests this time round and two other athletes missed out.
[–] LetTheAshesFly [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Infuriating. It's a beefy fat shit lifting category that no one really takes seriously, so that's probably why it happened... "no one will notice". What a horrible message to send, these are the olympics not a HAES event. I'm not at all surprised though, I'm 99% sure she only got a contract/whatever from claiming to be "suffering through poverty". I really hate that the majority holds so much power for corruption. Corrupt (all) fatties need to be fired from any kind of sports related everything.
[–] BPrime 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That was two different "people" right?