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The Sport:
Weightlifting
About-
An ancient sport as old as mankind, embodying the most direct
manifestation of human strength, weightlifting has not only
flourished, but developed into a modern sporting discipline for the
21st century. The apparent simplicity of lifting the barbell from
the ground and over the head in one or two movements is deceiving.
Weightlifting requires a combination of power, speed, technique,
concentration and timing.
Super heavyweight
lifters normally claim the title of World's Strongest Man or Woman.
However, kilo per kilo, the lightest weightlifter is often the
strongest.
Men's
weightlifting was on the program of the first modern Olympic Games
in Athens in 1896, and women participated for the first time ever at
the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000.
Olympic
Weightlifting-
Lifters perform two types of lifts - the snatch and the clean and
jerk. In the snatch, they lift the bar to arm's length above their
head in one movement. In the clean and jerk, they lift the bar to
their shoulders, stand up straight, then jerk the bar to arm's
length above their head. Lifters are allowed three attempts at each
lift, and their best snatch and best clean-and-jerk figures are
added to determine the winners.
LIST OF EVENTS *
• 56kg Men
• 62kg Men
• 69kg Men
• 77kg Men
• 85kg Men
• 94kg Men
• 105kg Men
• + 105kg Men |
• 48kg Women
• 53kg Women
• 58kg Women
• 63kg Women
• 69kg Women
• 75kg Women
• + 75kg Women |
* On the program of the Games of the XXIX
Olympiad, Beijing 2008
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