DIMAS - Part Five - From Athlete to Myth
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Part V of the documentary interview series with Pyrros Dimas, one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters of all time. In this segment Dimas talks about the years from Sydney to Athens, when he struggled with injuries and the realities of being an aging athlete. He also talks about what it was like to win a fourth Olympic medal, his best training lifts, and reflects on his success. Plus a few behind the scenes outtakes from the interviews we conducted! We hope you enjoy this installment (and the entire series).
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Filmed in and around Arnaia and Thessaloniki, Greece, by Nat Arem, David Boffa, and Jonas Westbrook. Written by David Boffa with Jonas Westbrook and Gregor Winter.
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For a man who weighs 92kg to be able to squat 325 is just unbelievable I i have sooooooooooo much respect for this man
Dimas is greatness in person, i love this man.
His shoes are probably in a museum next to statue of Zeus.
This was a great series. To the producers, many many thanks. The
human interest aspect behind competition weightlifting is a rich and
rarely glimpsed store of awesome stories.More please.
Thank you! This was a pleasure to make and it's great to hear when people enjoy it. We do have more that we're working on!
Americans are extremely lucky to get Mr Dímas as a national coach.. We wish him the best..
Thank you for making this whole series of videos about Dimas, a true legend. Being Greek this is truly inspiring and it's great to see him staying involved in the sport. Legend
Thank you! It's great to hear you enjoyed this.
Thank you so much for making these videos!
You're welcome! It was our pleasure. Thank you for watching!
Rewatching it for like the 6th time lol. What an amazing series, thank you so much for making this!
Thank you for this heartwarming series, David. Pyrros is a Greek athletic icon, a titan of global weightlifting, but above all a great human being.
Thank you!
Who knows how long it’ll be till Greece sees another pyrros .. if ever .. he was one of a kind of his era, truly remarkable during his prime years and the fact he still managed to get 170+kg snatch with a hurt wrist and set back on one of his legs is beyond impressive I could easily see him winning his gold medal in Athens if injury was out of the picture, hopefully one day I can meet him it’ll be a dream come true, I’ve talked to him on FB messenger and that’s as closed as I got to meeting him haha. Thanks for this video!
You're welcome! We're glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for letting us know
Thanks, amazing series, really interesting to hear back stories like Sydney. Also great work on the production side.
Thank you!
Thanks alot! The time and effort really shows, apreciated
thx for the video... Dimas is my inspiration!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
The greatest of all time.
Aleksander Kondo the best
Congratulations I have to give it an 8 out of 10. I saw all five of the videos. It was wonderful. YOU just left out a few things like an interview with his fellow coaches, athletes, his family, etc. How he came to Greece. What about pictures of him when he was young. No pictures or interview or any length of his wife, kids, his brother, mom, ect. Other than that just him sitting it WAS wonderful. If you had filled these other spots this will have been the best of the best documentary. Still a very, very, very good job. We are just begging for more.
325kg back squat? Holy Fuck!!
Great videos. Thanks.
the best Dimas
The Best.
Thank you for creating this David, it's a brilliant documentary. I'd also love to see it without the dubbing - is there any possibility of alternative version being released? Thanks!
Thank you! I do have a version of this part without the dubbing that I could share. Send me a message with your email and I can do so. And thank you again!
thanks for this! I really appreciate it. love it
You're welcome! Thank you for watching. It's great to hear you enjoyed it.
9:45 i guess one time he walked into the gym and felt like squatting the entire bar. what a legend
Thank you so much for this great documentary. I've discovered Pyrros's story recently and he's become one of my heroes ever since. Could you give me the name of the track we can hear at the end of the video ? Cheers from France.
Thank you! It's great to hear this. The song at the end is "Hellenic River" by Olive Musique.
He waved the flag "And I took that personally"!
Hi David, thanks for the videos.
They are a highlight!
One question I think hasn't been answered in the videos, at the Sidney Olympics, after the 3rd (successful attempt) Dimas was pointing on his chest or heart.
I mean I can imagine, what it could mean, but would be interesting to hear from him.
If there is any chance to find out.
All the best,
Christian.
Hi Christian: Thank you! It's great to hear you enjoyed them. I don't think this question came up during our interview sessions but I'll double check. In any case, I'll see if he's open to answering the question next time we see him! I agree--it'd be cool to hear it from him.
Thank you again!
That would be awesome, to hear what his answer is. I will never forget the way he bounced back in this competition, unreal...
He was amazing!
What is the song at the beginning?
"Hellenic River" by Olive Musique.
I bet Asanidze was sorry...