Olympic Gold Medalist Aleksey Torokhtiy Returns To Competition

Olympic Gold Medalist Aleksey Torokhtiy Returns To Competition

Olympic Gold Medalist Aleksey Torokhtiy returned to competition this past weekend at the 2016 Hookgrip Spartakaid. He finished with a 180kg/397lb snatch an

Mar 14, 2016 by Armen Hammer
Olympic Gold Medalist Aleksey Torokhtiy Returns To Competition
Olympic Gold Medalist Aleksey Torokhtiy returned to competition this past weekend at the 2016 Hookgrip Spartakaid. He finished with a 180kg/397lb snatch and a 230kg/507lb clean & jerk on a bonus attempt. In 2012, when he won the Olympic Gold, he snatched 182kg/401lb and clean & jerks 222kg/489lb. Check it out:



He starts his snatches around the 9-hour 32-minute mark and his clean & jerks around the 10-hour 19-minute mark.

Wanna learn how Torokhtiy warms up? Check it out: