weightlifting championships

Who Won Weightlifting Olympics?

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Who Won Weightlifting Olympics? Akbar Djuraev won the men’s 109kg weightlifting gold with an Olympic Record of 430kg. The Uzbek’s snatch lift was 193kg, with the clean and jerk an Olympic record of 237kg. Armenia’s Simon Martirosyan took the silver (423kg) with Latvia’s Arturs Plesnieks finally earning a medal, with third place on the podium

When Did Weight Lifting Become A Thing?

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When Did Weight Lifting Become A Thing? Weightlifting was first introduced in the Olympics in the 1896 Athens Olympic games as a part of track and field, and was officially recognized as its own event in 1914. The 1960s saw the gradual introduction of exercise machines into the still-rare strength training gyms of the time.