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Finland's Jani Murtomaki at WABDL Worlds

Submitted by Staff on November 20, 2008 - 10:19am.

Finland's Jani Murtomaki, shw, bench pressed 804 and deadlifted 760 pounds at the WABDL World Championships which were held last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. He went on to miss a bench press of 859 pounds and a deadlift of 804 pounds. Murtomaki reportedly lifted in a single ply IPF approved Super Katana. Here is video of his lifts.

804 pound bench press:

760 pound deadlift:

859 pound bench press miss:

804 pound deadlift miss:

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Submitted by Antti Paronen (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 12:10pm. » quote

Nice lifting from Jani, he is quite a big name here in finnish powerlifting seen and it is nice to see that Jani is recovered from injuries he's been havin', thanks for posting the videos.

Not everything from those videos are for kids to hear, you can learn about half of the finnish language swearwords from them :)

Submitted by Jim Ray on November 20, 2008 - 12:39pm. » quote

The 804 BP looked real good to me, even though the vid quality was barely adequate. Good pause and held at the lockout.

Submitted by JackAss on November 20, 2008 - 1:47pm. » quote

Oh yeah he's drug free I forgot....
Nice lifting Jani your a beast.

Nice Testing WABDL hahahahaaha.

Mark Bell
Owner of Super Training in Sacramento.
www.supertraininggym.com

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 1:55pm. » quote

Mark what does that mean, are you implying something? Just because you are on anabolics doesn't mean everybody else is.

Submitted by Marcus on November 20, 2008 - 3:33pm. » quote

Why would he wear a Titan bench shirt? Isn't he part owner of Metal?

Submitted by matt hobmeier (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 3:40pm. » quote

Mark's drug free!.....Jeez don't you guys know all powerlifting is drug free wow.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 3:41pm. » quote

Because Titan have much better shirts than metal

Submitted by kyle74 (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 7:43pm. » quote

hes is no longer with metal. he will also tell you that titan gear is better.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 20, 2008 - 7:44pm. » quote

Marcus wrote:

Why would he wear a Titan bench shirt? Isn't he part owner of Metal?

Because the Super Katana is basically a double ply shirt.

Submitted by PL (not verified) on November 21, 2008 - 12:00am. » quote

Why should it matter if his shirt he lifted in a WABDL meet with is IPF approved or not?

Submitted by Roger Ryan on November 21, 2008 - 12:21am. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

Because the Super Katana is basically a double ply shirt.

You are mistaken. The Super Katana is NOT two ply. Also, it is not two plys laminated together. It is IPF approved, but who cares?

Submitted by Travis Rogers on November 21, 2008 - 6:11am. » quote

Hell Of A Job Jani!!!!!! Looking strong as hell as usual Im happy to see you back and healthy my friend. I hope to see you soon

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 21, 2008 - 6:42am. » quote

Marcus wrote:

Why would he wear a Titan bench shirt? Isn't he part owner of Metal?

I don't think he ever was a part owner of Metal. He just lived near Ano and was a member of Team Metal. Then he moved to another city and hooked up with Sakari Selkäinaho, who happens to be Titan dealer...

Submitted by John Hudson on November 21, 2008 - 9:27am. » quote

JackAss,

Jani was drug tested, along with a number of other lifters with high coefficients. Test results take a while to come back. We assume a lifter to be drug free until tests prove otherwise.

Dr. John Hudson
WABDL Texas State Co-Chairman
WABDL National Collegiate Chairman
www.hudsonpowerteam.org

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 23, 2008 - 8:32am. » quote

John Hudson wrote:

JackAss,

Jani was drug tested, along with a number of other lifters with high coefficients. Test results take a while to come back. We assume a lifter to be drug free until tests prove otherwise.

Dr. John Hudson
WABDL Texas State Co-Chairman
WABDL National Collegiate Chairman
www.hudsonpowerteam.org

How many lifters were tested?

Submitted by John Hudson on November 23, 2008 - 12:21pm. » quote

I'll find out the number that were tested. I don't know the number for sure as I was not there on every day of the meet and there were lifters tested on every day. I believe eight lifters were selected on Saturday, which was the day I lifted. But I'll find out the total number for everyone.

Dr. John Hudson
WABDL Texas State Co-Chairman
WABDL National Collegiate Chairman
www.hudsonpowerteam.org

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 4, 2008 - 9:08pm. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

John Hudson wrote:

JackAss,

Jani was drug tested, along with a number of other lifters with high coefficients. Test results take a while to come back. We assume a lifter to be drug free until tests prove otherwise.

Dr. John Hudson
WABDL Texas State Co-Chairman
WABDL National Collegiate Chairman
www.hudsonpowerteam.org

How many lifters were tested?

Why do you think swedish powerlifters choose WABDL over Swedish Powerlifting Federation when that decision generates expensive costs for trips over sea and hotel rooms? I think it's because of the extensive drug testing in Sweden!