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Bookmark or Share- Weightlifting: From rules to records, all you need to know - Olympics.comA sport driven as much by technique as raw strength, weightlifters are accustomed to lifting as much as twice or in some cases, even thrice their bodyweight. One wrong lift can cause multiple injuries. A historic sport that traces its roots to Africa, South Asia and ancient Greece, the modern version took shape sometime in the 19th century.
- Olympic weightlifting - WikipediaWeightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength 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.
- Meet the U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team | NBC OlympicsUSA Weightlifting on Wednesday named the roster of athletes who will represent the United States on the Tokyo Olympic weightlifting platform. The Olympic team features the maximum number of athletes, four men and four women, that any country can enter into Olympic competition.
- U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Has Strongest Performance In ...Not only had the United States qualified its largest Olympic weightlifting team in 25 years – and its first full one in as much time, as one of only two nations to field an eight-member team (the other being powerhouse China) – but this was also the most decorated U.S. team in recent history.
- Weightlifting - WikipediaWeightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons.
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