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Bookmark or Share- Olympic weightlifting - WikipediaWeightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead. The snatch is a wide-grip lift, in which the weighted barbell is lifted overhead in one motion.
- Weightlifting | BarBendFor the last year or so, Indonesian weightlifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah has lifted world-record weights like the bar and plates were made of styrofoam rather than steel. The 23-year-old dark-horsed ...
- Tokyo 2020 Weightlifting - Olympic Results by DisciplineSilver. tamara yajaira salazar arce. Ecuador. Bronze. cismery dominga santana peguero. Dominican Republic. Official Weightlifting results from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments.
- Olympic Weightlifting | Paris 2024 OlympicsOlympic history. Weightlifting featured at the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896. Excluded from the Olympic programme for a few editions of the Games (1900, 1908 and 1912), weightlifting was reintroduced in 1920 at the Antwerp Games and has been included ever since. A women’s competition was first held at the Sydney 2000 Games.
- A beginner's guide to how to start weightlifting : Life Kit : NPRCasey Johnston, the writer behind She's A Beast, recommends following a training plan that will encourage you to lift heavier weights incrementally. "A beginning strength training program can be ...
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