Some Facts and Information about Weightlifting -
- Over 30 countries have won medals at various Olympic games.
- London held the first Weightlifting World Championships in 1891.
- If there is a tie in a lifting competition then the lighter of the lifters win.
- Both men and women compete in weight lifting.
- The two lifts currently competed are the clean and jerk and the snatch.
- Clean and press was another weightlifting technique, discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form.
- Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting
Our London Olympic weightlifters are going to have to put in a lot of training for the 2012 games. Weightlifting must have power, technique, flexibility and consistency. The weightlifter's strength comes mainly from the legs. The muscles that require the greatest amount of work are the quadriceps. There are, of course, many other muscles used - the back, anterior core, and shoulders. Weightlifting is a full body activity. The size of the lifter is not that important as they lift competitively in different weight groups.
Categories for Lifters
These classes are currently:
Men's: 56 kg (123.5 lb), 62 kg (136.7 lb), 69 kg (152.1 lb), 77 kg (169.8 lb), 85 kg (187.4 lb), 94 kg (207.2 lb), 105 kg (231.5 lb) and 105+ kg,
Women's: 48kg (105.8 lb.), 53 kg (116.8 lb), 58 kg (127.8 lb), 63 kg (138.9 lb), 69 kg (152.1 lb), 75 kg (165.3 lb), and 75+ kg.
In each weight division, competitors compete in both the snatch and clean and jerk, and prizes are usually given for the heaviest weights lifted in the snatch, clean and jerk, and the two combined.
Our British lifters are going to have to put in a major effort at the 2012 London Olympics when you consider the countries that traditionally win are from Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Korea, Roumania, China, Iran, Greece, Turkey and Armenia. Nothing is impossible with the right training and mindset.
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