Kashtan Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Great report and amazing results. Grip is evolving, Russians are pushing the limits. Teemu, Alexei was announced as the representative of Finland. More precisely, Finland and Russia. He now lives in Finland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashtan Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDV1k0JYZvU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) The RT is a notoriously difficult lift to judge as it is easy to cheat if the judge is not experienced. The standard 'cheat' is of course to place the hand off centre in order to increase friction. This competition, by the look of it, is not any worse/better in this regard (competitors allowed to lift with the hand clearly off centre) than RT competitions held in the US or Europe. Edited August 5, 2012 by Mikael Siversson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The RT is a notoriously difficult lift to judge as it is easy to cheat if the judge is not experienced. The standard 'cheat' is of course to place the hand off centre in order to increase friction. This competition, by the look of it, is not any worse/better in this regard (competitors allowed to lift with the hand clearly off centre) than RT competitions held in the US or Europe. I must not have a good eye for it but it didn't look any different then how mark does the lift Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Well that was sort of implied in my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashtan Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBAhOVKpmus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjD6D7f_5WY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikael Siversson Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I must say that these RT/axle grip competitions you guys are running in Russia makes everyone elses grip competitions look somewhat primitive. Big crowd, hot babes assisting and professionally run in general! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kashtan Posted September 1, 2012 Author Share Posted September 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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