Mikhail Koklyaev Is Returning to Weightlifting

2010-09-23 00:30:00

Sun City, South Africa – Immediately after finishing the 2010 MET-Rx World’s Strongest Man contest yesterday, Mikhail (Misha) Koklyaev announced that he would be returning to Olympic-style weightlifting.

Saying that Olympic-style weightlifting was his top priority, Misha Koklyaev announced yesterday that he would be returning to competition in that sport. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo.

Earlier, Koklyaev said that he would be competing in weightlifting in Belarus later this year — Koklyaev is Russian, but he has not been on an international Russian weightlifting squad in a number of years.

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