Congratulations to every lifter who participated in our in-house kettlebell competition! The best part of this event was seeing each one of you put 100% of yourselves on the platform. Thank you for giving us your ALL! Despite this being a practice meet (no rank or prize money on the line), many new personal records were set. It was an honor to witness.
We were also fortunate to have Jorge Gonzales fly here all the way from Hawaii to compete!
Thank you Kenny and Brittany for all of your great help throughout the day… and HUGE thank you to our wonderful volunteers: Karen Dutina, Steven Bard, Sara MacDonald, and Kirk Pelarde for their superior judging and efficient meet administration.
Ivan Denisov is coming back to the IC next month. He has shattered every record possible in Kettlebell Lifting. Ivan is not only the best lifter in the history of the sport, but on his way to becoming one of the best coaches too. His students are some of the best in the world, including Ksenia Dedukihna, Denis Gafarov, and Iyla Tashlanov.
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Congratulations to Fredrik Bornestedt at his first competition!
Fredrik on the right with the 24s
Hey Steven and Maya and the rest of the ICKB team!
I’m sure you remember me, I’m the guy from Sweden who made a short visit at the Ice Chamber this past summer.
I promised to keep you posted on my progress, so here we go.
This last weekend I competed in the Swedish nationals in the 24kg biathlon (photo attached). Results:
106 jerk
163 snatch
187,5 points total and CMS rank
I want to thank you for great inspiration and awesome teaching this summer! It helped me a lot in my training!
Looking forward seeing you soon again (perhaps in an upcoming US competition?). Also good luck with your training! Always inspiring!
Our great friend Fedor Fuglev, performs 32kg snatch at 26 rpm with perfect form in his favorite t-shirt. This feat is unheard of at any age. Happy 50th Birthday Fedor!!!
Our female kettlebell lifters shatter gender barriers by doing double jerks. Our friend Emily Friedel, Australia’s 1st and only Master of Sport, continues to close the gap by coaching men and women to kettlebell excellence in her country – using the same standards. Welcome Emily to the IC, for the second year in a row!
Congratulations to Brenda, Jen C, Melissa, Christy, and Surya for their performances at the 2011 WKC Championships in Chicago this weekend! The WKC competitions are by far the most difficult of all the organizations because they only count the lower score of the two hand attempts. For example, if you score 80 points on your first hand and 20 points on your second hand, your score would only be 20. For this reason, we are especially proud of the team for sticking to the game plan set out for them in training.
Surya took Gold in the 20kg biathlon with a competition PR and the highest one-arm jerk score in the entire event.
Brenda took Silver in the 16kg long cycle division and set a personal best at her first competition.
Melissa took Gold in the 16kg biathlon and also earned her Candidate for Master of Sport rank.
Christy took Gold in the 16kg long cycle division and also made Rank 1.
Jen took Silver in the 24kg long cycle, losing by only a couple of points to our great friend – the tough and dynamic Canadian Champion, Misty Shearer.
Ivan Denisov, Valery Fedorenko, and Sean Armstead with Jen C.
After 3 years of intense kettlebell training, Jen earned her Master of Sport rank. Her hardwork and commitment to solid technique were reflected in her set. Jen is now our 5th Master of Sport while Melissa became the 8th Candidate for Master of Sport produced by the IC. We are SO grateful to our athletes for their faith in higher standards within the sport of kettlebell lifting.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the WKC and Sean from Phenomenal Fitness in Chicago for hosting one of the best GS events in the US thus far. For the first time we got to enjoy great music from a local DJ, a concessions stand, as well as a live feed online so that our friends and family back home could join the fun!
