Weightlifting in Olympic 2008 will be held from August 9 to August 19. This year the Olympics will be held in Bejing. Weightlifting Competitions will be held at the Beihang University Gymnasium.
Weightlifting was included in the first Olympic Games in the year 1896. However, at the Olympic Games in 1900, no competitions in weightlifting were held. Again in the year 1920, weightlifting was integrated regularly into the program of events at the Olympics.
Events of Weightlifting in Olympics 2008:
There are 15 sets of different medals which will be awarded in the following events of Weightlifting in Olympics 2008. They are listed below:
56kg Men
62kg Men
69kg Men
77kg Men
85kg Men
94kg Men
105kg Men
105kg Men
48kg Women
53kg Women
58kg Women
63kg Women
69kg Women
75kg Women
75kg Women
Qualifications for Weightlifting in Olympics 2008
A National Olympic Committee may enter a maximum number of 6 men and 4 women participants with up to 2 entries in each weight class.
In the sport of Weightlifting the competitors try to lift heavy weights which are mounted on steel bars called barbells. The execution of weightlifting requires a combination of power, flexibility, technique, mental and physical strength. The term weightlifting is also informally known as weight training. Olympic weightlifting trains the athlete for functional strength, with proper utilization of the body's major muscle groups. This is the reason behind the Olympic lifts being extensively used in training for other sports such as American Football.
Qualities required for a top weightlifter
Physically strength
Mentally strength
Effective and efficient technique
Athletic
Flexibility
The sports Weightlifting requires immense strength, speed, power, technique, skill, flexibility, accuracy, and consistency. The strength of an weightlifter comes primarily from the legs, particularly the muscles of the quadriceps and posterior chain. Actually, weightlifting is a full body activity, but these muscles receive emphasis over the others within the body.
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