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2. Weight plate - Wikipedia

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   The weight used is selected by inserting a pin in the stack that causes each plate above the pin to be pulled by the cable. This arrangement is known as a "selectorized" weight machine. [35] Some weight machines, such as the sled-type leg press, or the Smith machine, are designed to be loaded with Olympic plates instead of using a cable-driven ...

3. Joe Weider - Wikipedia

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   In 1972, Weider and his brother Ben found themselves the target of an investigation led by U.S. Postal inspectors. The investigation involved the claims regarding their nutritional supplement Weider Formula No. 7. The product was a weight-gainer that featured a young Arnold Schwarzenegger on the label. The actual claim centered on consumers ...

4. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   An Olympic lifter, Jang Mi-ran, holding a barbell loaded with red 25 kg bumper plates, held in place with a collar. Note the lifter's taped wrists and thumbs, her weightlifting shoes, and her weightlifting belt. Weight plates are secured to the bar using collars on each side that weigh exactly 2.5 kg each.

5. List of Olympic records in weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting. Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games , so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [ 1 ]

6. List of world records in Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.

7. List of Olympic records in athletics - Wikipedia

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   Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...