Weightlifting

Weightlifting When incredible concentration, perfect balance and sheer strength aren't enough, sometimes the willpower of an auditorium full of enthralled spectators helps Olympic weightlifters do the seemingly impossible. You will be amazed by the strength of the weightlifters who can lift up such heavy loads with the combination of other factors such as techniques and timing. The athletes who won are usually claimed as the strongest man or woman in the world. For the women event, it was started only since 2000 Sydney Olympic whereas for the men, it was started as early as 1896.





Barcelona, 31 July 1992 Games of the XXV Olympiad. Pyrros DIMAS of Greece completes a lift during the men's -82.5kg weightlifting event. DIMAS won the gold medal.

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Athens, 21 August 2004, Games of the XXVIII Olympiad. Pyrros DIMAS of Greece jumps in the air as he celebrates a successful lift in the men's -85kg category weightlifting competition at Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.

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