Richie Patterson gets Gold!

[nate225]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11300688

[jimmybro1]

The guy is a beast! 

Been following his build up to the games on Facebook, 

[Pseudonym]

Good on you, Nate - I was going to start a topic on this too.

That is awesome. But man... missing the first two attempts on what you thought was an easy lift... that would seriously screw with your head at any comp, let alone one as big as this! Well done on pushing through the mind block, Richie!

[Realtalk]

Great result!

[jimmybro1]

His previous bests were alot better than what he did in comp. 

Previous competition PB 193kg clean and jerk and 160kg snatch and in training 195kg clean and jerk and 165kg snatch. 

 

[Gym rat]

Awesome result

[Michael Knight]

A gold medal and a hot missus - Winning!

[Skeletor]

Well done.   What a beast.

[Pseudonym]

And congrats to Stanislav Chalaev, bringing home a silver medal with a 341kg personal best.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11301861

I think Stanislav used to be a member here? Did he go under the name of ExpensiveUrine? (Actually, probably no-one remembers him now... he was one of our earliest members.)

[Wookie]

Stas and I trained together for about 2 years when we were both about 18. He had lifted around age 13-16, then took a break. Came back with excellent technique right off the bat, but was pretty skinny. 

Pretty amazing when one realises this Silver in Glasgow was a PB total, and only his 2nd comp back after double knee surgeries. He will hit 200kg clean and jerk before long.