The emotional Story also has another component. Matthias Steiner is from Austria and because of a combination of some sort of illness and the tragedy with his wife, the austrian weightlifting Federation kicked him out. They thought he could not bring the results necessary to win a medal because of the lack of power and focus. The German Team „adopted“ him and gave him a chance to show the world what he is capable of. He did and at the winners ceremony he not only showed the picture of his wife he also pointed on his Trikot which showed the german colours instead the austrian ones.
1. he is wearing a German Team Tshirt under his Singlet. The Austrian colours are red-white-red. 2.he got the German citizenship shortly before the olympic games. Only for Lifting purpose.
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@@therealmikewazowski3231his name was Adolph???? Just asking..😐
Klokov competed at 2008 olympics and won silver with a 193kg snatch, 230kg clean and jerk, 423kg total. Winner of the 105 category was Aramnov with the mythical 200kg snatch. He was "injured" at the 2012 London olympics. Chigishev's body was 124kg, 21kg lighter than Steiner.
Aramnau from Belarus you meant. He was the « other » teen prodigy of the 00’s with Ilyn. Klokov got destroyed that night. And that night basically summarizes the rest of Klokov’s career (after his world title in 2005, Klokov will never win another major title in his career…). Aramnau was only 20 years old at the time. He’s still the youngest Olympic champion of the 21st century in weightlifting. And one of the youngest of all time. The kid (yes, was still a teenager) was a monster. Klokov was unlucky and he did compete in the « wrong » era in the under 105 kg category (Aramnau, Ilyn or Akkaev, Klokov couldn’t beat them at their primes).
EVGENY CHIGISHEV MOST EXITING COMPETING IS IN 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (DAHA) HE BEATEN HOSSEIN REZAZADADEH (2 TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION) IN SNATCH CHIGISHEV LIFTED 200,209AND 211. REZAZADADEH LAST LIFT WAS 210 . REZAZADEH BODYWEIGHT WAS 162 KG AND CHIGISHEV WAS 124 KG . WATCH THAT COMPETITION (2005 WWC) THAT'S SUPER FANTASTIC TOO ❤
ARMNAU WAS PHENOMENAL IN SNATCH.200 KG IN 105 CATEGORY IS IN ANOTHER LEVEL BUT HIS C&J WASN'T LIKE HIS SNATCH KLOKOV WOULD BETTER IN CLEAN AND JERK SO IN TOTAL THEIR COMPETING WOULD VERY EXITING .
What‘s even more emotionally: on her deathbed she made him promise to get gold next year. And he did deliver on that promise. I also implore you to watch the medal ceremony where he shows chigeshev the picture of his wife and clearly explains to him his promise and her untimely passing. It’s insane, man.
like I was 17 when this happened and I didn't really care that much when it was on TV until my mom started crying as my dad was watching it and I asked what's wrong and she explained it to me, quite some time later when I got into proper strength sports and into the whole story of Matthias Steiner and what he has done for our German Weightlifting here nationwide is just immense. there's a million reason why this humble legend will never be forgotten. makes me very happy to see that this session, lifter and lifts means so much to so many people around the world that can relate or can just share the emotion through this. it's just beautiful.
This allways hits hard. He had so much shit going on in his Life. Plus he lost his big love not long before. He did it for her...like she was really with him up there.
Weightlifting as a competition is just very niche. And the amount of effort it is to get to a competing level paired with the strain on the body, the time consuming nature and lack of general interest makes it an unappealing sport for anyone who doesn’t breathe the sport.
I always found Matthias an inspiration. He never won the World or even European Championships but still managed to win at the Olympics. His wife's death I bet really pushed him and it paid off. He's a prime example of marching on despite what life throws at him.
LOOK AT LEGENDARY DAVID RIGERT THE COACH OF CHIGISHEV AND RUSSIAN TEAM . DAVID RIGERT AT 90 KG BODYWEIGHT PRESSED 198 KG OVER HIS HEAD IN THE COMPETITION WHEN HE WAS YOUNG . 1972 I THINK
Absolute legend in Germany. By the way, it's pronounced ,Shteiner', because st/sp is always pronounced as sht/shp in German. Like the Yiddish/German word ,spiel', which you pronounce correctly in English
First time i ever seen weightlifting was the 1992 games, in Barcelona. Watching these Eastern Europeans with crazy hair, and thinking. The small guys look too small to be that strong and the big guys too fat. But wow. The tension was amazing and there and then i loved the sport. Back then i never knew one other person who watched it and had to wait another four years to see it again. Great littlr documentary bro, really enjoyed it.
I don’t want to lower this story BUT the Olympic lift of Steiner was in August 2008. In February 2009 he showed the world his new girlfriend who he said that he has been with a couple of weeks already.
Is this the guy who's wife died in a car accident or to cancer just before the Olympic games and he was almost for sure dead in the water, steuggled mightly and got pushed all over the place on his last overhead and then had another guy do it clean and then the guy somehow came back to press it and win gold
I'm sure the state sanctioned supplement plan accounts for some of chigi's success here. I mostly love how udachyn just looks like some dudes dad grabbed a number while nobody was looking and got on stage
What does being in the 4th place in snatch has anything to do statically winning the whole event? It just depends on how much kilo he is down from 1st place of which he needs to surpass in the c&J. Only logic for that to make sense is the assumed positive correlation of being in 4th place and the kilos behind from the 1st, which case you might as well say how many kilos away from the 1st.
And that's because being 3 spots from the 1st or being down a lot kilos? If the1st place is tied with 3 guys, the 4th guys is only down 2kilos, is the likelihood still low compared to another scenario where 4th guy is down 10 kilos? The root cause isn't being 4th place@@zacktelander
Basically, is how many kilos down from 1st affects the probability, or the placement affects the probability? The logic is pretty straightforward, I made my point on this, plz don't reply back again thx!@@zacktelander
I saw that live on German TV back in '08. I was 10 at the time and somehow still kinda understood the emotions that were going on, even though I was a spoiled little kid, who hasn't experienced loss yet. 15+ years later I always tear up, when I see the clip of his final attempt. Beautiful.
Another part of his story is that Matthias Steiner is Type1 Diabetic. He said during his attempts he had to check his blood sugar levels every minute to make sure to not get low. I myself am Type1 and it is just another crazy unbeliveable part of his story. We have a poster of him in my gym and I tear up everytime I look at it during sets.
Wellllllll....... Insulin is the most anabolic hormone the body has. What a coincidence it would be if a strength athlete could use this hormone without getting busted for PEDs
Matthias Steiner is just an all around great dude. He lost tons of weight after his weightlifting career, was on the German celebrity dancing show, did some TV presenting, I think he’s a singer now. He’s just a nice guy when you meet him and he does a lot of charity work for children. He’s just a lovely guy.
The show is called "Let's Dance" and it's the German adaption of "Strictly Come Dancing"/"Dancing with the Stars" and he finished third place of 14 contestants in 2015 (8th season), which means they did it into the final show (the team/pair on last place has to leave after each show).
This story makes me emotional every single time, was very happy to hear he is happy in life right now and doing well and he remarried and has 2 kids, stories like these you allways imagine a guy like that just being in that emotional state forever, but thankfully he recoverd from the emotional pain and was able to move on. And btw, editor, damn you for the music and editing at the start, seeing the animation clip added that someone made a while ago mixed in, almost in tears man, and you add that FF music ontop of it, damnnnn you.
German guy here. Thanks for sharing this story with a community outside of Germany/Austria. Steiner was an absolute class act, and nobody deserved a medal more than he did that day.
This lift from 08 is the reason my 10yo ass spend all summer 09 watching the track and field world championships only to realize they don't lift. Nevertheless I got to see Bolt run so thats a plus :D
The 2008 Summer Olympics Superheavyweight Weightlifting event was the greatest sports moment in history as it showed Matthias' mental toughness and determination to become a World Champion and keep his promise to win a Gold Medal for his late wife, Susan. The 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles had a similar moment in its Powerlifting event when Canada's Jackie "The Newfoundland Moose" Barrett had a similar moment and here's why. 9.5 months before Jackie competed at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which were his fourth appearance, he lost his mom and Quarterback, Jeannee, to cancer. With help from Special Olympics Canada and a Sports Psychologist, Jackie turned this dark chapter in his life into a positive, and decided to lift for his mom. In spite losing his mom to cancer less than 10 months before, Jackie used his mental toughness, strength, and determination on August 1, 2015 at the Special Olympics World Games to set three Special Olympics World Games Powerlifting records and winning three gold medals and one silver medal, bringing his career Special Olympics World Games medal total to 13 gold and 2 silver medals (also includes 1999 in North Carolina, 2007 in Shanghai, and 2011 in Athens). Jackie retired immediately after the games and decided to give back to the Special Olympics as a Powerlifting Coach and Peer Mentor to fulfill his mom's legacy. He is now a Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Hall of Fame, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee, all a first for a Special Olympics athlete. Matthias and Jackie became legends, not only for their amazing strength, but for their mental toughness and perseverance in reaching for the top which exemplifies the spirit of sport. It also inspires people in Germany and Canada to not let adversity get in their way.
I remember watching this live. It was the catalyst which pushed me into my own lifting career. I lost my mum to cancer during lockdowns, and had a hip replacement surgery last year. I'm dedicating my comeback onto the platform to my mum.
Love your enthusiasm. At age 74, my competition days are long behind me but I still follow the great sport of Olympic lifting, and wishing I could relive my youth in the process. I lifted when the press (340lbs in the 90k weight class - not too shabby) was still part of the program. Weightlifting has never been real popular in the USA, but it does have a loyal niche following. Glad to see the inclusion of woman into the sport - not the case in my day.
My local public gym used to have a picture of that iconic moment up in the weights room when I was a teenager. What a story and what an inspiration to think about every time I went in there to lift
Thank you for your insights about the sport in general and this competition in special! Really appreciate it. I always cry like a baby when i see that moments. It is a perfect mix of an underdog victory story (or at least comeback victory) with a dramatical personal background. You can't script that, it's just pure life.
I watched this event live at the time back in 08, it was truly amazing and so emotional, still gets me teary eyed seeing him break down after making the lift ❤
For the people interested, the german speaking reporter said this during his final lift: "Oh it is heavy, it is heavy, Lift it it up, once in your life. Lift it up. LIFT IT UP. HE LIFTED IT UP. IT COULD BE GOLD. THAT COULD BE GOLD. IT IS VALID. IT IS GOLD. IT IS GOLD FOR MATTHIAS STEINER. HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR AUSTRIA. HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR GERMANY. HE DID IT FOR SUSANN. FOR HIS DECEASED WIFE. This big heavy man with his (heavy) big heart." it was heartwarming and emotional.
Agree. It was a miracle! Greatest moment in Olympic (weightlifting) history. Watched it live. Chigishev’s nod reaction to Steiner’s monster C&J said it all, and what good sportsmanship displayed! Also, you did not mention Steiner’s diabetes diagnosis, and that was Rigert (the unbeatable) in the background in addition to Klokov. Great video. Thanx!
The emotional Story also has another component. Matthias Steiner is from Austria and because of a combination of some sort of illness and the tragedy with his wife, the austrian weightlifting Federation kicked him out. They thought he could not bring the results necessary to win a medal because of the lack of power and focus. The German Team „adopted“ him and gave him a chance to show the world what he is capable of. He did and at the winners ceremony he not only showed the picture of his wife he also pointed on his Trikot which showed the german colours instead the austrian ones.
No, he had dual citizenship and chose to lift for Germany.
He had the Austrian shirt under the German singlet.
lmao that's what i thought as well @@therealmikewazowski3231
1. he is wearing a German Team Tshirt under his Singlet. The Austrian colours are red-white-red.
2.he got the German citizenship shortly before the olympic games. Only for Lifting purpose.
@@therealmikewazowski3231his name was Adolph???? Just asking..😐
Klokov competed at 2008 olympics and won silver with a 193kg snatch, 230kg clean and jerk, 423kg total.
Winner of the 105 category was Aramnov with the mythical 200kg snatch.
He was "injured" at the 2012 London olympics.
Chigishev's body was 124kg, 21kg lighter than Steiner.
Ahhhh yes you’re right. My bad
Aramnau from Belarus you meant. He was the « other » teen prodigy of the 00’s with Ilyn. Klokov got destroyed that night. And that night basically summarizes the rest of Klokov’s career (after his world title in 2005, Klokov will never win another major title in his career…). Aramnau was only 20 years old at the time. He’s still the youngest Olympic champion of the 21st century in weightlifting. And one of the youngest of all time. The kid (yes, was still a teenager) was a monster. Klokov was unlucky and he did compete in the « wrong » era in the under 105 kg category (Aramnau, Ilyn or Akkaev, Klokov couldn’t beat them at their primes).
EVGENY CHIGISHEV MOST EXITING COMPETING IS IN 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (DAHA) HE BEATEN HOSSEIN REZAZADADEH (2 TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION) IN SNATCH CHIGISHEV LIFTED 200,209AND 211. REZAZADADEH LAST LIFT WAS 210 . REZAZADEH BODYWEIGHT WAS 162 KG AND CHIGISHEV WAS 124 KG . WATCH THAT COMPETITION (2005 WWC) THAT'S SUPER FANTASTIC TOO ❤
ARMNAU WAS PHENOMENAL IN SNATCH.200 KG IN 105 CATEGORY IS IN ANOTHER LEVEL BUT HIS C&J WASN'T LIKE HIS SNATCH KLOKOV WOULD BETTER IN CLEAN AND JERK SO IN TOTAL THEIR COMPETING WOULD VERY EXITING .
If this was a movie you wouldn’t believe it 😢
Amazing story and so special
What‘s even more emotionally: on her deathbed she made him promise to get gold next year. And he did deliver on that promise. I also implore you to watch the medal ceremony where he shows chigeshev the picture of his wife and clearly explains to him his promise and her untimely passing. It’s insane, man.
like I was 17 when this happened and I didn't really care that much when it was on TV until my mom started crying as my dad was watching it and I asked what's wrong and she explained it to me, quite some time later when I got into proper strength sports and into the whole story of Matthias Steiner and what he has done for our German Weightlifting here nationwide is just immense. there's a million reason why this humble legend will never be forgotten. makes me very happy to see that this session, lifter and lifts means so much to so many people around the world that can relate or can just share the emotion through this. it's just beautiful.
Awesome video Zack, and the Final Fantasy music and sound effects, perfect!
This is absolutely CRAZY, never watched the session and it is INSANE!
tear up every time. thanks for the extra context. super appreciated
It was incredible and you can see that a lot of weight was not lifted by muscle, but by sheer force of will. He did it because he really needed to.
Knowing his story make the victory even more special.
Dude. This video is great. What an amazing story. Thanks for sharing. Do more of these style vids. Especially as we get closer to the Paris Games
I really like this long form commentary! Thanks for another great video
Great commentary. You made to watch weight lifting lots of fun.
This allways hits hard. He had so much shit going on in his Life. Plus he lost his big love not long before. He did it for her...like she was really with him up there.
That animation makes me cry every time
DUDE AERIS THEME MUSIC????
Just when I thought I couldn’t love you anymore
I have never understood why this performance has not caused any hype in weightlifting here in Germany 🤷♂️
Because it is not a sport for the masses. And it is polluted with PEDs all the way.
Weightlifting as a competition is just very niche. And the amount of effort it is to get to a competing level paired with the strain on the body, the time consuming nature and lack of general interest makes it an unappealing sport for anyone who doesn’t breathe the sport.
I always found Matthias an inspiration. He never won the World or even European Championships but still managed to win at the Olympics. His wife's death I bet really pushed him and it paid off. He's a prime example of marching on despite what life throws at him.
thanks
I remember seeing this live, I had no idea of what this man was going through, amazing moment
LOOK AT LEGENDARY DAVID RIGERT THE COACH OF CHIGISHEV AND RUSSIAN TEAM . DAVID RIGERT AT 90 KG BODYWEIGHT PRESSED 198 KG OVER HIS HEAD IN THE COMPETITION WHEN HE WAS YOUNG . 1972 I THINK
Hits right in the feels
Amazing video man
Hallo Zack, sehr sehr gute Erklärung. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland.
Every time I hear about this story, I start SOBBING.
Didn't think I'd tear up to a Telander video goddamn
Absolute legend in Germany. By the way, it's pronounced ,Shteiner', because st/sp is always pronounced as sht/shp in German. Like the Yiddish/German word ,spiel', which you pronounce correctly in English
15:11 it´s Steiner´s voice. Thank you for the story.
First time i ever seen weightlifting was the 1992 games, in Barcelona.
Watching these Eastern Europeans with crazy hair, and thinking. The small guys look too small to be that strong and the big guys too fat. But wow.
The tension was amazing and there and then i loved the sport.
Back then i never knew one other person who watched it and had to wait another four years to see it again.
Great littlr documentary bro, really enjoyed it.
Keep up the great work.
I dont know how often I've seen this win. If one day I dont get emotional about it, assume I'm dead.
Great Video! Greetings from Germany.
Great job
You should do commentary on the Stefan botev in training video.
crying on the treadmill rn
Perfect background song
he got married a year later. i don’t see how this was emotional for him when he moved on so quickly to the point of another marriage
I don’t want to lower this story BUT the Olympic lift of Steiner was in August 2008. In February 2009 he showed the world his new girlfriend who he said that he has been with a couple of weeks already.
It's a terrible day for rain...
I'm not crying! You're crying!
Zach has a giant snow, whoooooaaaa
the boys are gonna get weird in Beijing tonight 😂 made my day
Powerful
Is this the guy who's wife died in a car accident or to cancer just before the Olympic games and he was almost for sure dead in the water, steuggled mightly and got pushed all over the place on his last overhead and then had another guy do it clean and then the guy somehow came back to press it and win gold
I'm sure the state sanctioned supplement plan accounts for some of chigi's success here. I mostly love how udachyn just looks like some dudes dad grabbed a number while nobody was looking and got on stage
Thanks for the history lesson! Very 60 minute-ish
not gone lie: most famous guy who moved to chemnitz in last decades - at least for a few years.
Four hands on the bar that day 🥲
do a weightlifting iceberg
where was lasha?
Artem Udachyn from Ukraine, is 28 in that competition. Bro looks 54
Excellent commentary, avid weight lifter viewer minds eye only. Lol 😅
Aeriths theme. You bad man, Alex 😢.
He knows what he’s doing
@@zacktelander what a G though. You should give him a raise!
Find someone who loves you as much as Zack loves Matthias Steiner's story.
What does being in the 4th place in snatch has anything to do statically winning the whole event? It just depends on how much kilo he is down from 1st place of which he needs to surpass in the c&J. Only logic for that to make sense is the assumed positive correlation of being in 4th place and the kilos behind from the 1st, which case you might as well say how many kilos away from the 1st.
The statistical likelihood of winning after getting 4th in the snatch is incredibly low. It rarely ever happens in the Olympics.
And that's because being 3 spots from the 1st or being down a lot kilos? If the1st place is tied with 3 guys, the 4th guys is only down 2kilos, is the likelihood still low compared to another scenario where 4th guy is down 10 kilos? The root cause isn't being 4th place@@zacktelander
Basically, is how many kilos down from 1st affects the probability, or the placement affects the probability? The logic is pretty straightforward, I made my point on this, plz don't reply back again thx!@@zacktelander
Dude waa abeaast
I tbink the commentator said he didnt do it for Germany he didnt do it for austria he did it for his wife.
7:00 Klokov competed, he got silver in 2008
F**k you Zack, why am I crying AGAIN at 8am, alone at home while having breakfast, although I know this story by heart...
You put Aerith's Theme in this video? I'm getting tissues.😭
The real question is though: Is there a meal that is not food?
That cartoon of his wife’s spirit helping him lift the bar is making this grown ass man cry..
True.
Everytime I cry
I swear yes.
And you know what? Thats entirely okay.
Thats is a tragic, yet beautiful story.
As a person who often cries when watching incredible achievements at the Olympics, I though it was cheesy af.
I saw that live on German TV back in '08.
I was 10 at the time and somehow still kinda understood the emotions that were going on, even though I was a spoiled little kid, who hasn't experienced loss yet.
15+ years later I always tear up, when I see the clip of his final attempt.
Beautiful.
There wehre 4 hands lifting
Same. I was 11
same.. Me in my thirties still cry everytime I see this attempt
Another part of his story is that Matthias Steiner is Type1 Diabetic. He said during his attempts he had to check his blood sugar levels every minute to make sure to not get low. I myself am Type1 and it is just another crazy unbeliveable part of his story. We have a poster of him in my gym and I tear up everytime I look at it during sets.
MATHIAS IS A SUPER HERO WHO GIVE US MOTIVATION. I LOVE HE . GOOD LUCK ALWAYS BRO 👍 💓
I'm a fellow T1. What an incredibly powerful motivator.
Wellllllll....... Insulin is the most anabolic hormone the body has. What a coincidence it would be if a strength athlete could use this hormone without getting busted for PEDs
😭gets me every time
I know 😢😢😢
Could not agree more
Same
Same
Also got me!
Matthias Steiner is just an all around great dude. He lost tons of weight after his weightlifting career, was on the German celebrity dancing show, did some TV presenting, I think he’s a singer now. He’s just a nice guy when you meet him and he does a lot of charity work for children. He’s just a lovely guy.
The show is called "Let's Dance" and it's the German adaption of "Strictly Come Dancing"/"Dancing with the Stars" and he finished third place of 14 contestants in 2015 (8th season), which means they did it into the final show (the team/pair on last place has to leave after each show).
Id watch long form competition reactions from you
Team up with weightlifting house
This story makes me emotional every single time, was very happy to hear he is happy in life right now and doing well and he remarried and has 2 kids, stories like these you allways imagine a guy like that just being in that emotional state forever, but thankfully he recoverd from the emotional pain and was able to move on.
And btw, editor, damn you for the music and editing at the start, seeing the animation clip added that someone made a while ago mixed in, almost in tears man, and you add that FF music ontop of it, damnnnn you.
Good to know he's doing well. He's probably the most famous German Olympic athlete. When he won it was like a media sensation here for weeks.
German guy here. Thanks for sharing this story with a community outside of Germany/Austria. Steiner was an absolute class act, and nobody deserved a medal more than he did that day.
Bro we are from India and just love his story but still u guys did. Many things in the past that's really not easy to forget
Tears every.single.effin.time….
This lift from 08 is the reason my 10yo ass spend all summer 09 watching the track and field world championships only to realize they don't lift. Nevertheless I got to see Bolt run so thats a plus :D
16:14 that reaction is the best compliment he could give, literally means "damn no way I could do that, you deserve the win"
Great memories and even greater legacy
The 2008 Summer Olympics Superheavyweight Weightlifting event was the greatest sports moment in history as it showed Matthias' mental toughness and determination to become a World Champion and keep his promise to win a Gold Medal for his late wife, Susan.
The 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles had a similar moment in its Powerlifting event when Canada's Jackie "The Newfoundland Moose" Barrett had a similar moment and here's why.
9.5 months before Jackie competed at the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, which were his fourth appearance, he lost his mom and Quarterback, Jeannee, to cancer. With help from Special Olympics Canada and a Sports Psychologist, Jackie turned this dark chapter in his life into a positive, and decided to lift for his mom.
In spite losing his mom to cancer less than 10 months before, Jackie used his mental toughness, strength, and determination on August 1, 2015 at the Special Olympics World Games to set three Special Olympics World Games Powerlifting records and winning three gold medals and one silver medal, bringing his career Special Olympics World Games medal total to 13 gold and 2 silver medals (also includes 1999 in North Carolina, 2007 in Shanghai, and 2011 in Athens).
Jackie retired immediately after the games and decided to give back to the Special Olympics as a Powerlifting Coach and Peer Mentor to fulfill his mom's legacy.
He is now a Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Hall of Fame, and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductee, all a first for a Special Olympics athlete.
Matthias and Jackie became legends, not only for their amazing strength, but for their mental toughness and perseverance in reaching for the top which exemplifies the spirit of sport.
It also inspires people in Germany and Canada to not let adversity get in their way.
Im not crying, you are. This was one of my all time favourite videos of yours Zack
I absolutly agree with you, this is the most epic moment of olympic history. greetz from good old germany
The way he celebrated instantly let you feel that this means something beyond success in sports for him.
aerith theme, subtly celebrating the release of FF7 Rebirth?
perfect bgm to use for the story
I remember watching this live. It was the catalyst which pushed me into my own lifting career.
I lost my mum to cancer during lockdowns, and had a hip replacement surgery last year. I'm dedicating my comeback onto the platform to my mum.
Love your enthusiasm. At age 74, my competition days are long behind me but I still follow the great sport of Olympic lifting, and wishing I could relive my youth in the process. I lifted when the press (340lbs in the 90k weight class - not too shabby) was still part of the program. Weightlifting has never been real popular in the USA, but it does have a loyal niche following. Glad to see the inclusion of woman into the sport - not the case in my day.
As amazing the story for Steiner is, you can’t help but feel bad for Chigishev.
Chigishevs 250 clean & jerk wasn´t valid in my opinion
Surely his wif's photo ,nobody before him made that 😊😊😊
Big thanks on the walkthrough, I never had seen the full competition, let alone know the other contenders. Very good video, keep up the great work!
Matthias is Type 1 Diabetic on top of it. It is very difficult to keep blood sugar levels balanced in such a contest.
In one way or another his wife was with him at this special moment. ❤
That Aerith’s theme song in the background tho
Is the background music Aerith’s final fantasy theme? Nice, very fitting…
i remember watching this session in the hospital waiting room as a kid lol. Had no idea of what i was looking at but I liked it.
Thank you so much for putting this together. Gives me further appreciation for how special this moment was.
My local public gym used to have a picture of that iconic moment up in the weights room when I was a teenager. What a story and what an inspiration to think about every time I went in there to lift
allways afraid that someones knee will blown appart
Thank you for your insights about the sport in general and this competition in special! Really appreciate it. I always cry like a baby when i see that moments. It is a perfect mix of an underdog victory story (or at least comeback victory) with a dramatical personal background. You can't script that, it's just pure life.
I really appretiate the FF7 theme to this story. Nostalgic goosebumps with the story aswell. Perfect match.
This man's story definitely needs a movie 🎥 made about it.😭🏋♂️
I watched this event live at the time back in 08, it was truly amazing and so emotional, still gets me teary eyed seeing him break down after making the lift ❤
can't believe he cheated by pushing that barbell up for 4 hands smhing my head
"Smhing my head" ? ?
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💀
@@LatimusChadimus he got his head smashed by 4 hands
I know right?!
PEDs in sport smh
Performance enhancing dedwife
🏋❤🏋
For the people interested, the german speaking reporter said this during his final lift:
"Oh it is heavy, it is heavy, Lift it it up, once in your life. Lift it up. LIFT IT UP. HE LIFTED IT UP. IT COULD BE GOLD. THAT COULD BE GOLD. IT IS VALID. IT IS GOLD.
IT IS GOLD FOR MATTHIAS STEINER. HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR AUSTRIA. HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR GERMANY. HE DID IT FOR SUSANN. FOR HIS DECEASED WIFE. This big heavy man with his (heavy) big heart."
it was heartwarming and emotional.
I cry every time I see this video, and now with more understanding ima cry even harder
Agree. It was a miracle! Greatest moment in Olympic (weightlifting) history. Watched it live. Chigishev’s nod reaction to Steiner’s monster C&J said it all, and what good sportsmanship displayed! Also, you did not mention Steiner’s diabetes diagnosis, and that was Rigert (the unbeatable) in the background in addition to Klokov. Great video. Thanx!