The Future of Olympic Weightlifting: Ilyin vs. Kashirina

For Tatiana Kashirina and Ilya Ilyin, age, ethnicity, and nationality have no bearing on what they can accomplish.

After watching the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, I noticed two of the biggest stars of that competition were fit candidates for a compare-and-contrast treatment: Ilya Alexandrovich Ilyin (Gold, men’s 105kg) and Tatiana Yuryevna Kashirina (Gold, women’s 75+kg

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