Yury Belkin God of Sumo?

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Been a while since his last equipped comp but Belkin has lifted plenty in single ply.

GPA World Championships - December 2016 - 450kg DL with all the things

Was around about the time he was still stuck at Ed Coan’s 220 WR DL (a bit over 400kg I think don’t remember) so he got 30-40kg out of the gear on his deadlift. Fast forward a year and a half and he has hit 440kg raw. In future we might see a 500kg + equipped from the Russian but the ATWR Deadlift in powerlifting seems to be his current goal.

Super Cup of Titans - May 2016

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The real question… what kind of numbers does everyone think belkin will hit at the u.s open?

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Whatever it takes to win lel. With those kinds of cash prizes I don’t think he’ll be taking big risks to hit ATWRs and chance missing lifts and fucking his total/wilks.

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Ya I would agree. But I’m sure belkin will secure that with 2nd attempts. At the last one I think he only went 5/9 and still. I’m sure he will easily increase his atwr.

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5/9 means he missed one of his second attempts or worse lel

I think he’s gonna compete in the 242s this time around tho. Probably only gonna be a couple of kilos into the weight class but still gonna set an ATWR.

His performance at WRPF Pro 2017 is a bit of a shifty record cos of the 4 squat attempts. The squats went terribly for him at that meet anyways so if he can put everything together we’ll be able to see a monstrous and legit (lel) total WR mayb not a 461 DL tho.

This year the competition is much tougher so it’ll be a great meet. With 10s of thousands of bucks on the line I think everyone is thinking about the win.

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Bit late but here it is:

Yury Belkin wins best lifter at the Kern US Open 2018 and a big cash prize of 40k. A disappointing performance for the Russian ATWR but all them $$$ will be plenty of consolation.

On paper there looked to be a highly competitive line up of lifters from all over the world including Rotislav Petkov (who ended up taking out best lightweight lifter smashing the previous world record total of 1840 lbs / 835kg in the 165 lb weight class). Even as a big Belkin fan I had my doubts that he’d get the win.

World record lifts, totals and wilks records fell (the all time highest female wilks being broken thrice at the meet).

The meet while an excellent exhibition of raw powerlifting did have its issues: Inconsistent judging, especially in the squat where seemingly good lifts were red lighted and third squats of a similar standard required to prevent lifters bombing out were passed, and issues with the comp bars supplied by Chris Duffin’s Kabuki Strength/Labs, including whippy squat bars and DL bars that gave hook grip pullers e.g. Belkin, Pollack etc. problems.

https://instagram.com/p/BivVARghj6t/

As lifters crashed and burned around him in a clusterfuck of injuries, bombing out and red lights Belkin puts in a decent performance to come out on top. Not near his best tho with 380/240/405kg.

https://instagram.com/p/Biy4cQbhxRj/

Red lighted for depth (IMO wrongly) on Squat 1 and responded well by sinking 380kg deeper on his second attempt. Above average performance on bench press perhaps due to coming in at a heavier bodyweight or having saved energy by opting to not take a third attempt on squats. Deadlifts went poorly however after opening with an easy 405kg Belkin. 420kg missed on his second with hook grip and again on his third tho this time with mix grip. Possible grip/bar issues may have been the culprit.

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Just to add to that, on Saturday it looks like they passed squats that were barely at parallel (Ben Pollack) and I have seen a bunch of comments from people who lifted there that the platform was not solid, some described it as a trampoline. The biggest meet in the whole sport is not the place to be testing prototype bars either, very bad idea.

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YURY BELKIN (S:400kg / 881 lb, B:230kg / 507 lb, D:410kg / 904 lb. T: 1040kg New ATWR)

Time to dust off the thread with Boss of Bosses V. Dozens of elite lifters competing and more among the spectators including the likes of Sarychev.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm6TIP5nX0T/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ikmcmaqyrrf

While Belkin won overall and the big money at the Kern US Open 2018 in early May it wasn’t his best performance ever. Equipment and judging issues affected everyone on the day unfortunately. 3 months of prep and it’s into BOBV.

Competing in the 242 lb weight class

Squat
Solid squats today for Belkin. I get the feeling that depth was judged a little looser than at the US Open where Belkin was called for depth on his 380kg opener. Regardless all three squats were deep enough (for this fed at least) and moved cleanly at 365, 385 and 400kg (804, 849, 881 lb).

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm6sxPwBjQt/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=15oqiu9f96o9
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm6udnjhO9B/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=ew5asrf0juuo

Might of had a bit more left in the tank but considering this is his biggest squat in recent history he is well on his way to putting together a winning total. Might’ve even been saving some energy for a big DL.

Bench
Belkin was unable to match his massive bench press of 240kg / 529lb bench press at the US Open this time around.

Opening with a solid 220kg / 485 lb Belkin then went for a second attempt of 230kg / 507 lb. Kirill Sarychev with the spot. Belkin was strong off the chest but hit a hard sticking point at mid point and barely grinded through it. Safe to say there was nothing left in the tank on the day.

Deadlift
By the time flight A was done with deadlifts the platform was pretty much soaked in urine which is always good fun. Belkin heads into deadlifts having already built 2/3rds of a monster total. Conservative pulls will be enough for him today and considering he won’t have the massive super cheaty WRPF bumper plates we won’t see anything too crazy.

Opening 385kg which is a bit conservative for the Russian. Bit of foot slip action (due to piss lel?) so he pops off the platform a minute to apply some secret grip techniques to his shoes. Comes back and pulls it like nothing.

410kg second moved easy to put 5kg on the ATWR total. With the record and win in the bag Belkin waives a third attempt. Bit disappointing for those who wanted to see a massive(r) deadlift but I’m sure it’s all part of the plan to set up an even more impressive meet in the future.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm7L77EAQTS/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1gapar19r9gbj

Seems Belkin is liking the 242 weight class. If he can fill out the weight class a bit better and make it work with his technique he’ll be putting up more WRs soon

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WRPF is not too strict with depth, Sunday at the US open was a ATG squat competition.

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All the lifts

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WRP World Championships 2018 sees Yury Belkin compete once again in a short period of time. Not his best meet by far going 380/225/410 at 107kg body weight and missing many attempts along the way (4 attempts allowed at this meet).

Strong showing on squats with 380kg and bench with 225 but lacklustre on deadlifts where loss of balance and difficulty in the lockout/around the knees perhaps due to higher body weight/bigger quads with 410kg having missed 432.5 twice.

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In the same meet as ^ Cailer Woolam competed also.

Weighing in at a little under 100kg Woolam got to lift on the big as bumper plates used in the WRPF Pro Division and hit a massive ATWR with 430kg (by the standards of this fed e.g. 4 attempts, big 50kg bumper plates etc.). Then with Yury Belkin himself supporting the American Woolam narrowly missed a 440kg / 970 lb pull. Class act from both Sumo Deadlift gods but Woolam looks to be ahead right now.

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What is the rule with 4th attempts here? Most feds that have 4th attempts only allow them for record attempts, is that not how it goes here?

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I found the answer to my own question in the WRPF rulebook:

4.2. Each participant in the division “Professionals” provides four (4) attempts to lift the maximum weight of each movement.

Seems odd. The WRPF Canada site says you get 3 attempts (it’s in French), and at BOB I don’t remember seeing any 4th attempts, but they didn’t have giant plates either.

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Maybe they just have everything going for the athletes at worlds in Russia lol. Fourth attempts on non wr attempts seem weird and “bumper” plates are obviously very uncommon

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While forth’s are strange, is wasn’t that long ago that most comps were held with wide 100 lb plates. Just look at some videos of Ed Coan’s world record videos, most were with the 100’s. It wasn’t til the last decade or so that we see the kilo plates we have all come to love.

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The plates here still look way bigger than in Ed Coan’s 901 pull.

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These are 50k or 110lb plates, vs. Coan’s 45kilo or 99lb plates (Ed’s numbers were kilo plates).

Now this is splitting hairs, I agree these plates look pretty big… the old 50k Eleiko or Ivanko plates were thinner in comparison. Look at the inside of the plate… looks like a pretty big “lip” on the plate… much deeper than those red 25k Eleikos on the outside.

It provides a better visual, really eats up space on the bar. Arguably allows for a tad more flex as well.

All the nuances aside, this young man is an incredible puller! Never thought someone would be so far ahead of Coan’s pull (of course Ed had a gigantic total, not just a specialist)

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Fixed it for ya.

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I’m not sure, but I assume that was what they had available at the time, so that’s what they used, and they didn’t see reason to change it. In this case, the plates are designed to work with a deadlift bar to maximize bar whip