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/Home/Sports/Sports/History of Olympics/Weightlifting Ananova - Olympic sport guide - Weightlifting Votes:0 Sport Top headlines Football scores Cricket scores Racing results Rugby Union scores Corrections Ananova: Olympic sport guide - Weightlifting A guide to the Olympic sport of Weightlifting. Technical details There are two lifts in the weightlifting competition: the snatch and the clean-and-jerk. For both lifts, the competitors lift long metal bars with metal weights attached at either end. Weights vary from 0.25 kg to 25 kg and vary in colour according to weight, red is the heaviest and 2.5 kg is black. Competitors decide at which weight to begin and at which subsequent 2.5 kg intervals to continue. All competitors have three attempts at each lift. The weightlifter lifting the highest aggregate total from the two lifts wins. In the case of a tie, the competitor with the lowest body weight w Read More Go to Site OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT Votes:0 Olympic Games Sports Athletes News The Movement Olympic Museum Education FranÇais www.olympic.org - Site Officiel du Mouvement Olympique Olympic News 20 November 2007 YOG 2010: Bid city presentations via video conference After selecting five Candidate Cities for the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games, the IOC announced today the procedure it will follow to evaluate these candidates. Athens (GRE), Bangkok (THA), Moscow (RUS), Singapore (SIN) and Turin... [ Full story ] Five cities to compete to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 (19 November 2007) Rogge urges participants at World Doping Conference to do a lot and do it fast (15 November 2007) A Roaring Lion in the Country of Kangaroos (15 November 2007) More Olympic news Media Centre Press releases and more 262 days to go One Wor Read More Go to Site Olympic History: Weightlifting - Olympics 2000 Votes:0 You are here: Home » Olympic Weightlifting »News TODAY Olympic History: Weightlifting No one can really pinpoint the origin of weightlifting. Its history can be traced back to the beginning of recorded history, where mankind's fascination with physical strength can be found among ancient writings. Weightlifting was among the first competitive sports to forge ahead as the 1800s saw athletics began a push toward organization during that time. However, the U.S. was a little slower to catch on. While America was still getting acquainted with the sport, the first European Championships were held across the pond in 1896. Weightlifting was included in the first Modern Olympics in 1896 as an official sport, but was left out of the 1900 Games. Weightlifting returned to the Olympic stage in 1904, an Read More Go to Site Wrestling ? news reports, Sydney results, ancient origins, Olympic history, Atlanta results, the competition, rules in brief, the taking part and GB squad Votes:0 OLYMPIC HISTORY Greco-Roman wrestling, with its ancient origins, joined the modern Games from the outset in 1896. Freestyle events were added in 1904, allowing legs to be employed in the struggle, though freestyle was dropped temporarily for the 1912 Games. Not that its omission meant there was less to see; the Games produced the longest bout in history as Martin Klein, for Russia and Estonia, wrestled Alfred Asikainen, of Finland, for 11 hours and 40 minutes in the middleweight semi-final. The bout, on a summer's day outdoors, was stopped every half an hour for refreshments. When Klein eventually pinned his opponent, he was so exhausted that he could not take part in the final, and the title went by default to Claes Johanson of Sweden. The Games in Sweden produced a second marathon bout i Read More Go to Site

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