Big Lift Series: Zlaten Vanev Dislocates Elbow on WR Attempt

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Zlatan Vanev (Bulgaria) was looking so hot in the training hall at the 1998 European Championships in Riesa, Germany, that big things were expected of him in the 77-kg class. He opened conservatively in the snatch, hitting 152.5, 157.5, and 160 kg. Vanev was sitting in third place-behind two lifters at 165 kg-heading into the clean and jerks. Vanev made a solid success with his opener at 195 kg, a weight which others would miss several times in succession, and then made a good lift with 200 kg on his second attempt, to tie up the gold in both the jerk and the total at 360 kg, edging out Georgi Asanidze (Georgia) on bodyweight. IronMind’s Randall Strossen had an uneasy feeling when Vanev then called for a world record attempt of 205.5 on his third, but admired his gutsiness and wasn’t surprised that he attacked the bar with a vengeance. The clean was pretty hard, but there was no doubt about its success, and the jerk appeared to be good when suddenly his left arm gave way, and the bar got dumped over his head. Strossen expressed his condolences to a Bulgarian journalist, who just shrugged and said, “He’ll be okay,” as if it were nothing more serious than a broken shoelace. The next day Vanev was walking around with a cast on his arm and a smile on his face-tough guys, these Bulgarians. Vanev went on to dislocate or break his arms two more times in his weightlifting career, the most disappointing being as he was in his final preparations for the 2000 Olympics. Talk about Grit. Get the poster of Vanev attacking a 210-kg clean and jerk in training a week before the 1998 Worlds-he cleaned the weight 5 times only to miss the jerk each time. Get inspired! www.ironmind-st...

[@psl127]

he breaks his elbow and just looks down at it and walks off platform. Tough as hell this guy

[@TheLeviathar]

+Commenting From Jail He made this 2 more times, he is very very tough to want to compete in weightlifting even after 3 injuries like this

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[@maxaffe3195]

fuck off

[@stanmarsh512]

How much mental capacity one has to have to endure such injuries? Zlatan Vanev, the bravest weightlifter ever exist.

[@cosasdecompu5597]

saiyan

[@chrisyoung5434]

Toughest all time.

[@tpitt7355]

word

[@HeartbeatDrumbeat]

I love how he just looks down at his arm hanging there with a look of absolute annoyance.. Bad mo fo!!

[@MrAckers75]

has a quick look at it then gets it looked at
Tough as old boots this man

[@petromil88]

My favorite, lived on my street, shumen, Bulgaria gave many champions,
Janko Rusev one if them.
Abadjiev was from town near by . Land of the strong

[@ukhomegymdisciplinegym4021]

Bulgarian Power

[@carlosaraujo9037]

Tough as hell...

[@andyman820]

watched the first two lifts... not going to watch the third jerk.

[@atatkfighter]

He still won gold in this competition right?

[@petromil88]

Not sure but as far as I remember, as I watched it live , he needed a WR to win , that's why he attempted it

[@rustyrave]

"How can he miss Hes got an IronMind shirt!"
*Dislocates elbow moments later

[@DPZ-cx7gy]

Like Yuri Zakharevich .

[@wasimz3431]

Did he recover

[@mariososterneto1191]

Yes

[@alexwilliams5587]

2 weeks later he attempted 215kg cj 5x

[@Nikolayski1337]

th-cam.com/video/ZDDzuRviFKA/w-d-xo.html

[@deniz2783]

He dislocated an elbow joint three times. After three operations, he returned to sports each time.

[@barre2002]

Have you WWC 1993? 108+?

[@chrisgeorge84]

Could probably clean 210-215