You can make a strong case that Kakhi Kakhiashvili is the greatest weightlifter ever. No one won more Olympics than him... He set world records in multiple classes and in each lift... He has won just about as many international championships as any... And as you will learn, he was held back by the great Vasiliy Alekseyev.
Also this week we have the super-heavy Jaber Saeed Salem, a lifter who is almost unchallenged in the 120kg bodyweight range.
