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While the sport is officially named "weightlifting", the terms "Olympic weightlifting" and "Olympic-style weightlifting" are often used to distinguish it from the other sports and events that involve the lifting of weights, such as powerlifting, weight training, and strongman events. Similarly, the snatch and the clean and jerk are known as the ...
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 ...
In 2000 and 2004, he was elected a member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame. [6] Süleymanoğlu is widely considered to have been the best pound-for-pound Olympic weightlifter of all time, and one of the greatest Olympic weightlifters ever. [23] He is regarded as a national hero in Turkey. [4]
Li Fabin of China defended his Olympic weightlifting title after going in as the overwhelming favorite to repeat. The 31-year-old set a Games snatch record by lifting 143 kilograms (315 pounds) on ...
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...
In August 2024, Talakhadze won third Olympic gold medal in weightlifting. He defended his third title in men's +102kg weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He took the win lifting 215 kg in the Snatch and 255 kg in the Clean & Jerk for a total of 470 kg. He defeated his opponent Armenia's Varazdat Lalayan, who took silver on 467 kg.
Liu Huanhua (Chinese: 刘焕华 [2]; pinyin: Liú Huànhuá; born 20 August 2001) is a Chinese weightlifter [3] currently competing in the men's 102 kg category. He is also the current senior world record holder for both the clean and jerk and the total in his weight class.
This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in weightlifting. Current program. Men. Featherweight –60 kg (1920–1936) 56–60 kg (1948–1992) 59–64 kg (1996) ...