Chis is right, Suley is the best ever, unless you want to change what best ever means. As far as weight lifted, in competition, compared with bodyweight, Suley is the best hands down. Now the most successful weightlifter may be someone else? Dimas has three golds and a bronze to his credit. Everyone has their favorite lifters for different reasons. Yes, Sagir's 375 total @ 77 at Athens with his tennis player physique is impressive, especially with the speed he did it, but that doesn't make him the best ever even though he is a favorite for some including one of my favorites. The light guys will always be kilo for kilo better, and Suley is at the top of those guys.
Quote from: Dustin Oranchuk on Sep 14, 2011, 03:27 PMVery interesting topic,I think the obvious answer is Naim as he set some amazing WRs and besides winning 3 olympics, he would have also been close to winning 2000 had he opened 2.5kg lighter and would have also been the favorite in 1984 when Bulgaria boycotted the games.There are other guys like Victor Solodov who lifted ridiculous weights (190+233 @ 90), but had a fairly short carrier and never made it to the olympics (boycott)[/quoNaim? Nah. I'm not buying it.The guy is a midget and midgets have an advantage in lifting. I would rather see a skinny Sagir do his thing than a deformed human-being do stuff that taller people couldn't do...So for me, Naim is awesome, but not my favorite.really??!!! dude get over yourself
Very interesting topic,I think the obvious answer is Naim as he set some amazing WRs and besides winning 3 olympics, he would have also been close to winning 2000 had he opened 2.5kg lighter and would have also been the favorite in 1984 when Bulgaria boycotted the games.There are other guys like Victor Solodov who lifted ridiculous weights (190+233 @ 90), but had a fairly short carrier and never made it to the olympics (boycott)[/quoNaim? Nah. I'm not buying it.The guy is a midget and midgets have an advantage in lifting. I would rather see a skinny Sagir do his thing than a deformed human-being do stuff that taller people couldn't do...So for me, Naim is awesome, but not my favorite.
Naim? Nah. I'm not buying it.The guy is a midget and midgets have an advantage in lifting. I would rather see a skinny Sagir do his thing than a deformed human-being do stuff that taller people couldn't do...So for me, Naim is awesome, but not my favorite.
