NZ at the commonwealth games

[dsekone]

So the commonwealth games team has been announced. With 8 men and 4 women it is NZ's biggest weightlifting representation at the games. It will be ver interesting and exciting to watch, but our last gold medal at the games was from Avery in 2002. Can the NZ team break the 12 year drought and go one up on Delhi's silver haul? and do you have any predictions on how the team will place in glasgow?

lou and ianne guninares (56 and 62kg class)

Cody Cole, Mark Spooner (69kg class)

Matt Madsen (77kg class)

Saxon Gregory Hunt, Richard Patterson (85kg class)

Stas Chalaev (105kg class)

 

Females:

pip hale, lauren roberts, tracey lambrecs, bailey rogers.

[Wookie]

I think Richie is in with a real shot at gold based on his Comm ranking. Hopefully he can make one of those 193-200 CJ's stick.

 

I've helped be strength coach for one of the wrestler, Marcus Carney. Should be a real medal hope in the heavyweights. He's hit easy 280 deadlift, 170 close grip bench, 240 ATG squat in the leadup. Especially on the deadlift and squat he's easily good for 10kg more, but we stay away from missed lifts due to the stress of the wrestling sessions.

Good overhead press and powerclean too. And fit as an All Black frontrower. Absolute freak.

 

 

 

[dsekone]

Yeah Richies pretty much our biggest hope, though there are some 85s getting up to similar weights as him so he'll need to bring his A game, Check out 21 year old PLAMONDON from canada. Last yr nationals he sn cj 40, 78. Last month at this years natz he smashed out a 56, 84. His improvements are going to challenge our champ.

 

Those wrestlers are so strong, does marcus do any olympic lifting aswell? like full snatches?

[Wookie]

Yeah Richies pretty much our biggest hope, though there are some 85s getting up to similar weights as him so he'll need to bring his A game, Check out 21 year old PLAMONDON from canada. Last yr nationals he sn cj 40, 78. Last month at this years natz he smashed out a 56, 84. His improvements are going to challenge our champ.

 

Those wrestlers are so strong, does marcus do any olympic lifting aswell? like full snatches?

Nope, just a 140ish powerclean, don't tend to use weights over 125 regularly though. 

No snatching, not worth the injury risk.