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Weightlifting (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.
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, and was also an event at the 1904 Games.
USA Weightlifting, otherwise known as USAW, is the national governing body overseeing the sport of weightlifting in the United States. [1] USAW is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), responsible for conducting weightlifting programs throughout the country, and a member of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
The men's 96 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 31 July at the Tokyo International Forum. The weightlifter from Qatar won the gold, with a combined lift of 402 kg. [1] [2]
Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport. [5] [6] Due to corruption, [7] failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation, [8] and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport. [9]
The weightlifting competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 7 to 11 August at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. [1] [2] Several significant changes were instituted in the weightlifting program for Paris 2024, as the number of categories was trimmed from fourteen in Tokyo to ten. Furthermore, a total of 120 ...
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This article details the qualifying phase for weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics (postponed to 2021 [1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The competition at these Games includes 196 athletes. Each competing nation is allowed to enter a maximum of 8 competitors, 4 men and 4 women. [2] The IWF released its qualification list on 28 June 2021 ...