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Outside our sports community, it is hard to find someone capable of identifying the most successful sport in Chinese Taipei: the answer is weightlifting. Out of the 43 medals achieved by the island at the Olympics, 11 (leading the chart) were earned by lifters.
International Weightlifting Federation
The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich (GER) had entered its second week and were consensually considered a huge sportive and organisational success. The weightlifting competition was also well advanced, but everything came to a shocking halt on September 5.
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With the steady improvement of the number of lifters taking part in the IWF events – thus testifying on the universal development of the sport in the five continents -, the number of sessions and days at the major competitions has been under consideration.
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The "Golden Bachelorette" star is staying fitter than ever in her 60s thanks to strength workouts, pickleball, and a diet full of protein and treats.
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Born in January 1942, it was not before being 18 that Vasily Alekseyev started to practice weightlifting. It was a wise decision, as he became the uncontestable star of the 1970s, in the super heavyweight category.
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Despite the tiny minimal differences (initially 0.5kg, nowadays 1kg) when considering a weightlifting result (thus allowing for a potential range of different outcomes), it happens on many occasions that a tie is registered...
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Until the mid-1970s, the sport of weightlifting was dominated by lifters coming from the Soviet Union – they are still ranked second in the Olympic and World Championships medallists’ charts – but another powerhouse started to emerge at the highest level: China.
International Weightlifting Federation
After a participation in the 1924 Olympics, Ecuador only returns to the Olympic arena from 1968 onwards. Following the Paris 2024 Games, the country has secured 10 medals in the biggest sports event on the planet.
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Despite the change in the number of movements, there was a stable rule at the IWF events and Olympic Games: medals were only given based on the Total result of the lifters (the cumulative weight of the movements performed).
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The road to the integration of women’s weightlifting in the IWF has been a long one. The sport was practiced by female lifters in some countries and for some time – there is a piece of funny news in a...
International Weightlifting Federation
It could be a slogan, inviting the most gourmet people to visit their fitness centre from time to time. It is not – it’s the essence of Eleiko’s history, nowadays one of the most renowned barbell companies on the planet.
International Weightlifting Federation
In a country where Swimming is a national pride (the sport brought more than one-third of the medals won at the Olympics), Australia could however shine at the highest level in weightlifting on one occasion: in 1984.
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Starting in 2019 – the agreement had been signed in November 2018, at the IWF World Championships in Ashgabat (TKM) – the IWF partnered with the International Testing Agency (ITA) for the development of a transparent and independent strategy in the fight against doping.
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Historically considered one of the basic weightlifting exercises, the Press movement – whereby the bar is lifted onto the chest/shoulder level and then elevated overhead – had been left as one of the three movements in the Olympic programme since the 1928 edition in Amsterdam.
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Since it started its Olympic participation at the 1948 Games in London, Trinidad and Tobago has amassed until 2024 a total of 19 medals. Fifteen of them come from Athletics, undoubtedly a sport with great tradition and superb athletes in the Caribbean island.
