Website Of Humanistic Olympics Studies Center Chinese sports Stay In Beijing Books Introduction olympic history As stone objects were easy to make and popularize, weightlifting using stone http://www.c2008.org/rendanews/english_te.asp?id=1651
EdGate Summer Games The IOC weightlifting page discusses olympic weightlifting history, competition, equipment, and glossary. Learn more about the history of weightlifting from http://www2.edgate.com/summergames/spotlight_sport/weightlifting.php
Extractions: Weightlifting When the modern Olympic Games began, weightlifting was one of the charter sports. There were no weight divisions at that time, and the first events were a one-handed lift and a two-handed lift. Women were included in the weightlifting events for the first time at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney. Click a link to Snatch: In executing the snatch, the contestant grasps the barbell and in one continuous forceful motion lifts it to the full extent of both arms over the head. The legs may be flexed or moved at any time during this lift, but must be returned to the same plane to complete the lift. The competitor must come to an erect position with arms locked. When the feet, body, and bar lie in the same plane, the referees give the down signal. News, History, and Fast Facts
Athens Olympics:: Weightlifting It includes olympic weightlifting history as well as previews of the sport in Athens. A sport that dates back to even the most ancient civilizations http://www.livingroom.org.au/olympics/archives/cat_weightlifting.html
Extractions: May 2004 "Super-heavyweight power lifter Shane Hamman squeezes his face into a grimace as he grips a metal bar and hoists nearly 400 pounds of iron disks over his 62-inch chest, past his signature braided goatee and above his spiky brown hair before letting the weights crash to the platform. Sheer strength, of course, is largely responsible for the performance. But so is technology for him and other Olympians.
Olympic Highlights: 2004 A history of the olympic Games. weightlifting China s Shi Zhiyong ties a world record in the men s under 62kg with a total weight of 325kg. http://www.factmonster.com/spot/olympichighlights04.html
NewYorkGames.org: New York Olympic History Boxing, gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, wrestling and fencing were held at the New York s olympic history may have been very different had Lindsay kept http://www.newyorkgames.org/news/archives/000164.html
Extractions: Putting New York's Olympic Bid First Home NewYorkGames.org Report Like its World's Fairs , New York's Olympic bid had its focus outside of Manhattan. With too little space to properly host the world, Flushing Meadows in Queens was the centerpiece of the serious bid for the 1984 Olympics. It was the focal point for other potential bids as well. NYC2012's Manhattan-centric approach is well outside the historic pattern. Indeed, this is only the first effort to host a world event in Manhattan since the disastrous 1892 World's Fair bid . New York was considered the heavy favorite to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the Americas, but the financial backers insisted on using Central Park. The controversy fatally wounded New York's chances, and Congress gave the fair to Chicago. The only event of this nature held in Manhattan was the 1853 Crystal Palace Exposition, though this smaller event (if fit on today's Bryant Park) is not considered a proper World's Fair.
History weightlifting. Learn all about the olympic lifts. A short history of olympic lifting. The ancient olympics were held from 776 BC to AD 393. http://tomgorman.moonfruit.com/history
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Berger, Isaac Ike Sport Weightlifting Country Represented At the 1960 Rome Games, Ike participated in the longest weightlifting competition in olympic history. Berger, who was the defending champion in the http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics_profile.asp?ID=1
Kiat.net: Sydney 2000 - Weightlifting SEP 23 Dimas (GRE) becomes 2nd weightlifter in history to win in 3 Izabela Dragneva (BUL) becomes 1st woman weightlifting champion in olympic history. http://www.kiat.net/olympics/sydney2000/weightlifting.html
Extractions: Naim Suleymanoglu (TUR) fails in his bid for a 4th consecutive Olympic title (1988-1996) in the 62kg category failing after 3 tries in the snatch. SEP 20 - Ivan Ivanov (BUL) is stripped of silver in 56kg category for cheating with drugs. SEP 21 - Sevdalin Minchev (BUL) is stripped of bronze in the 62kg category for drugs. SEP 22 - China boasts world's strongest woman. SEP 23 - Dimas (GRE) becomes 2nd weightlifter in history to win in 3 consecutive Games (see Naim above) - 1992-2000. SEP 24 - Another Greek Kakiasvilis joins Dimas and Naim to win in 3 consecutive Games (1992-2000). SEP 25 - Iran wins 1st Olympic gold since 1968. SEP 26 - Iranian ends Russia/Soviet Union's streak of superheavyweight gold medals since 1956. OCT 1 - Armenian weightlifter Danielyan was stripped of his bronze medal in the 105+kg category.
Adidas' Olympic History 1969 The first weightlifting shoe with a wooden sole is produced. 1984 Los Angeles - Edwin Moses takes olympic GOLD with his 105th straight win in the http://www.adidas-salomon.com/en/news/archive/2000/2000-14.asp
2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia followed by a float parade chronicling Greek history from the ancient Minoan Markopoulo olympic Shooting Centre Nikaia olympic weightlifting Hall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics
Extractions: the logo come from the Flag of Greece Nations participating Athletes participating Events 301 in 28 sports Opening ceremony August 13 Closing ceremony August 29 Officially opened by Costis Stephanopoulos Athlete's Oath Zoi Dimoschaki Judge's Oath ... Olympic Stadium The 2004 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (the 28th Summer Olympic Games ). The Games were held in Athens over 17 days, from August 13 to August 29 . Planners expected 10,500 athletes (in fact 11,099 competed) and 5,500 team officials from 202 countries . Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance. There were a total of 301 medal events from 28 different sports edit 2004 Summer Olympics medal count Rank NOC Name Silver Bronze Total United States China Russia Australia ... Great Britain For the full list, see
Extractions: Red Sox Patriots Celtics Bruins ... Weightlifting BOB RYAN August 22, 2004 ATHENS The crowd wanted to venerate Pyrros Dimas and Pyrros Dimas thought that was a very good idea. ADVERTISEMENT For more than five minutes, the home fans cheered, sang, and chanted in honor of the three-time Olympic weightlifting gold medalist, and never mind that this was taking place at the outset of the medal ceremony and their man was in the unaccustomed position of having just won a bronze. They were going to make sure it was all Pyrros, all the time. If this wound up being interpreted as an insult to Georgian George Asanidze, who had won the gold, and Andrei Rybakou of Belarus, who had won the silver, the Greek fans flat-out didn't care. They were here to worship Pyrros Dimas. "Understand that these Games are being held in Greece and the stadium is packed with Greeks," shrugged Dimas. "The Greeks knew what I had been through these past four years, and even these past few days, and they also knew this was my last match. I am withdrawing from competition. "They showed me their love, and I thank them dearly for that."
Olympic History For the first time in olympic history the Games were held in Canada. of sports for the first time including triathlon, pole vault and weightlifting. http://www.caaws.ca/olympics/2004/history/women_greats.cfm
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Olympic Doping S List Of Shame Print Article Email Story Athens Sport by sport olympic legends olympic history Emotional moments Sport drugs guide Mohamad Nasehi Ar Jomand (IRI) weightlifting/ephedrine http://www.news24.com/News24/Olympics2004/OutsideTrack/0,,2-1652-1655_1578057,00
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports Event weightlifting, 64kg. olympic history Second olympic team. Placed 10th in 67.5 kg at at 1992 Barcelona Games. International Qualified for US team http://starbulletin.com/96/07/17/sports/story1.html
Extractions: Vernon Patao is going to Atlanta. It may be for a day. It may be for two weeks. He won't know just how long his stay at the Olympic village will be until he arrives tomorrow. Only then will the 141-pound weightlifter from Kahului, Maui, find out if he's competing in his second Olympics. After a very poor showing at the World Championships, the U.S. was originally given three slots in the Olympic weightlifting, a number that grew to five last month. The International Weightlifting Federation has now promised eight spots to the Americans for the July 20-30 competition at the Georgia World Congress Center. Patao is ranked seventh on the 10-member team. "I'm pretty sure I'm going to lift, but we won't know until we get there," said Patao, who would be competing in the 64-kilogram division next Monday. "It's hard to think about it, so I've kept my focus on my training and not worried about anything else. I don't want to think that I've wasted my time.
Untitled weightlifting Romania kicked out of Games. Sydney 2000 olympic Aid Ali and Amy became the first woman s weightlifting champion in olympic history on http://www.gigglepotz.com/ausoly-3.htm
Boston.com / Sports / Olympics Considered the greatest olympic weightlifter in the sport s history, Suleymanoglu weighed just 140 pounds and stood 411. That combination of size and http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=globe&page=olymp/2004/previews/weight
Extractions: Sponsored by The Decathlon in Olympic History Table of Contents: The Jim Thorpe Story When King Gustav V of Sweden presented awards at the 1912 Olympic Games of Stockholm, he proclaimed to the decathlon winner, an American Indian named Jim Thorpe, as the world's top athlete. "You sir, are the world's greatest athlete." Incidentally, Jim is purported to have replied, "Thanks, King" to the Swedish monarch, a story, true or not, which itself has become part of the Thorpe saga. Ever since, the Olympic decathlon champion or world record holder has been dubbed "the World's Greatest Athlete." And rightly so, since the decathlon is the only objective test of all around athletic ability. Decathletes must contest ten separate events and have those performances tallied on a standard scoring table. The decathlon measures basic sporting ability like jumping, sprinting and throwing. Within the backdrop and rules of track and field, decathlon champions must exhibit, the 4 S's: speed, spring, strength and stamina. Since 1912 great decathlon champions like Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson, Bruce Jenner and Daley Thompson and others have become household names. But they all owe much to the legend of Thorpe.
Extractions: @import url("/olympics/css/athens_theage.css"); Welcome to 2004 Olympics. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Athens document.write(showDates('-7')); (max 22C) Melbourne document.write(showDates('0')); (max 17C) August 19, 2004 - 6:30PM As many as six weightlifters tested positive for drugs before the Athens Olympics, officials said today. The International Weightlifting Federation's president Tamas Ajan told Reuters that six weightlifters had tested positive. An IOC spokeswoman said later there were five positive tests. "It is terrible (for the sport)," a long-standing IWF member, who asked not to be named, told Agence France Presse. Weightlifting has been dogged by doping scandals for years and the sport was looking to the Athens Olympics to improve its battered image. Every weightlifter at the Games had to undergo a doping test before being allowed to participate. Myanmar female weightlifter Nan Aye Khine was the first in the sport to be expelled from the Athens Olympics on Monday after testing positive for a banned steroid. The 27-year-old was stripped of her fourth-placed finish in the 48 kg category held last Saturday.
