Pre-Worlds Training Hall
Watch, among others, Szymon Kolecki and Geogi Asanidze train under the master coach Ivane Grikurovi one month before the 2001 Worlds. 1-1/2 hr. DVD, NTSC version.
Starts as 56-kg Halil Mutlu breaks the world record in the snatch and nearly breaks the record in the clean and jerk and total as well; and ends with super Saeed Jaber sweeping the golds with 210/263.
Countdown to Sydney: ferocious dogfight in the 69s and 77s, Huster pushed to the limit by the young Gardev in the 85s, and 17-year-old Szymon Kolecki defeating two-time Olympic gold medalist Akakios Kakiashvilis in the 94s.
See Chemerkin's mind-boggling 262.5-kg clean and jerk, not to mention the clutch clean and jerk Wes Barnett made to end the USA medal drought. 1-3/4 hr.
The Turkish team hits the platform running; Huster and Gotfried go after their respective world records in the clean and jerk; the latest crop of Bulgarians. 2 hr.