U.S.A.: SOVIET UNION'S VASILY ALEXEEV FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO WIN WORLD SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT WEIGHTLIFTING TITLE FOR NINTH CONSECUTIVE TIME.

Record ID: 1058565

  • Title: U.S.A.: SOVIET UNION'S VASILY ALEXEEV FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO WIN WORLD SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT WEIGHTLIFTING TITLE FOR NINTH CONSECUTIVE TIME.
  • Date: 10th October 1978
  • Summary: 1. GV T. Zaitsev (USSR) competing in Snatch event in 100 kgs. class (he came second) 0.11 2. GV Crowd 0.13 3. SV L. Nilsson (Sweden) Snatch at 175 kgs in 110 kgs event and leaves stage as crowd applauds 0.30 4. GV Nilsson trying for 180 kgs but fails 0.40 5. SV Zaitsev jerks 230 kgs 0.58 6. SV Zaitsev tries 237 kgs but fails 1.15 7. GV Crowd applauds 1.18 8. SV Winner Zaitsev congratulates place-getters 1.23 9. SV Officials 1.25 10. SV Yuri Heuser (East Germany) in 110 kgs plus class doing snatch at 185 kgs 1.31 11. CU World championship emblem 1.33 12. SV C. Plachkov (Bulg.) snatches successfully 1.42 13. SV Sultan Rakhmanov (USSR) snatches 187 kgs and crowd applauds 1.57 14. GV Crowd applauds 1.58 15. SV Alexeev (USSR) fails clean and jerk at 240 kgs 2.14 16. SV Rakhmanov clean and jerks at 230 kgs 2.40 17. SV C. Plachkov (Bulg.) clean and jerks successfully 3.00 The final placings in the Super Heavyweight title were, first: Yuri Heuser, of East Germany. Second, Sultan Rakhmanov of the Soviet Union. Third, C. Plachkov, of Bulgaria. Initials BB/2130 SPORT: WEIGHTLIFTING Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A.
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  • Country: USA
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