Weightlifters Set Records

06.03.1970 (Padomju Jaunatne)

From the All-Union «Dinamo» championships, which took place in Feodosia, the Riga Dynamo team led by Mikhail Freifeld returned as real record-breakers - they achieved eleven Latvian records, won five championship titles in the triathlon and eight in individual exercises. In addition, our weightlifting leaders G. Ivanchenko, K. Pumpuriņš and V. Łebedevs could not compete due to the flu.

Aleksandrs Diņņikovs became the Dinamo Champion and record holder in the light lightweight category — 367.5 kg (115,110+142.5). His triathlon total and clean and jerk result are new Latvian records.

A. Majasins won the welterweight category with a republican record result of 432.5 kg (140 - 130 - 162.5). In addition to an additional lift, he also surpassed the Latvian record in the clean and jerk — 146 kg. In the middleweight division, the ill G. Ivanchenko was replaced by A. Majasin's student V. Rogaevs. Having lifted 425 kg in the triple jump, he not only won, but also fulfilled the master of sports norm for the first time. 

V. Pērkons won the light heavyweight category — 487.5 kg (157.5t 145+185). Valentīns Brocs is third Latvian weightlifter who has entered the "five hundred club". The first heavyweight athlete lifted 507.5 kg in the triathlon - a republican record. In addition, he also showed record performances in the bench press - 175 kg and in the clean and jerk - 197.5 kg.

Heavyweight Arturs Sliede broke records in the press (177.5 kg), the snatch (147.5 kg) and the triathlon — 522.5 kg.  In the triathlon, Arturs came in second place behind the Ukrainian N. Kozintsev. To beat him, the Riga native had to push a barbell weighing 207.5 kg. This time, he still failed to fix the heavy weight above his head.

M. Rauhmans set the Latvian record for the first time in the lightweight category — 130 kg in the bench press. However, the doctor did not allow him to compete in other events.