Web Archive Copy: Women In The Olympics - A Brief History The first woman in olympic history to take the oath at the opening ceremony is triathlon, taekwondo and weightlifting are added to the olympic program http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascpub/women_olym_hist.asp
Extractions: This is an archive copy of a document originally located at http://www.activeaustralia.org/women/olym_hist.htm The 20th May 2000 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. It also marks the centenary of womens participation in the modern Olympics. Three events were available for women at the 1900 Olympic Games: golf, tennis and yachting. When the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 women had no part in the competition. In fact, the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin had said on several occasions that the Olympics were no place for women. He felt that rather than seek records for herself, a womans greatest achievement was to encourage her sons to excel. Women had to work to gain a presence in the Olympic arena and force open the door to one sport after another. Swimming for women was included in the Games in 1912 and a limited program of track and field was added in 1928. Womens races longer than 200m were banned until 1960 when the 800m was reintroduced. The womens marathon was not added until 1984. In 1992 the 10,000m walk was introduced and recently, waterpolo which had been the domain of men since the Olympics first began was added to the 2000 Olympic Games program for women. Women have played an enormous role in painting the Olympic picture. Since Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain won gold in singles tennis at the 1900 Paris Olympics, many women have put their stamp on Olympic history.
Sydney Beat - China.org.cn Chinese athletes made olympic history for the world s most populous nation by winning the Chinese women judokas won two golds and men s weightlifting, http://www.china.org.cn/olym/149.htm
Extractions: China, Biggest Winner of the Games China emerges as the biggest winner at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games which closed in Sydney Sunday night. The Chinese Olympic Delegation won a total of 28 gold, 16 silver, 15 bronze medals in the 16 days of competition, ranking third in the final medal standings, behind the US with 39 golds, 25 silvers and 33 bronzes and Russia, 32-28-28. Forty-nine countries and regions won at least one gold and 70 won at least a medal. Chinese athletes made Olympic history for the world's most populous nation by winning the most gold medals and also most medals, 59, ever at the Olympic Games since 1984. In 1984 in Los Angeles, China won 15 golds, eight silvers and nine bronzes. In 1988 in Seoul the Chinese athletes won only five golds, 11 silvers and 12 bronzes. In 1992 in Barcelona they won 16 golds, 22 silvers and 16 bronzes and four years ago in Atlanta they took home 16 golds, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes.
TheMat.com USA Wrestling and focused on combative sports steeped in olympic history and teeming with intriguing Led by 2000 olympic weightlifting bronze medalist Haworth, http://www.themat.com/pressbox/pressdetail.asp?aid=6184
Help Send A Junior Lifter To Camp List of all of the web sites dealing with the sport of olympic weightlifting. http://www.lifttilyadie.com/
BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Weightlifting | Udomporn Makes Thai History Weightlifter Udomporn Polsak becomes the first Thailand woman to win an A refereeing blunder robbed Polsak of what she thought was an olympic record. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/weightlifting/3567534.stm
Extractions: Polsak enjoys the moment after winning Thailand's first women's gold Udomporn Polsak became the first woman from Thailand to triumph at the Olympics after securing a weightlifting gold in Athens. Udomporn claimed victory in the 53kg class, with Indonesia's Raema Lisa Rumbewas taking silver and Mabel Mosquera of Colombia grabbing bronze. The Thai lifted 97.5kg in the snatch and 125kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 222.5kg. "I'm glad to be the first to get the gold medal," said Udomporn. She added: "I've been training more than 14 years and I've had tremendous support." A refereeing blunder robbed Polsak of what she thought was an Olympic record. Udomporn lifted 125.5kg in her final effort in the clean and jerk to top the record of 125kg China's Yang Xia set at the 2000 Sydney Games. News of the record was broadcast but an International Weightlifting Federation official admitted "it was a big mistake".
Adidas Press Room - Olympic History Greek weightlifter Pyrros Dimas wins his first of so far three olympic gold medals. Nadia Comaneci registers the first 10 in gymnastics history. http://www.press.adidas.com/en/Desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-86/
Extractions: Change Website Global Search Here you are: Home Sport Performance Imagebank Olympic History ... Advanced search Olympic History adidas outfitted 18 National Olympic Committees, including US, Germany, Great Britain, France, Ethiopia, Cuba and the host country, Greece. More than 5,000 athletes competed in the three stripes and adidas provided products for 26 out of the 28 sports. Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault) takes gold and breaks her own world record. Download HighRes Image Download HighRes Image adidas chooses 1996, the centenary of the modern Olympic Games, to celebrate past successes and triumphs still to come - symbolized by the concept "We knew then - we know now." This concept reaps rich rewards with gold medals by Donovan Bailey (Canada) in the 100 meters, Lars Riedel (Germany) in the discus, Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) in the 1500 meters, Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) in the 10,000 meters and Felix Savon (Cuba) in boxing. adidas equips 33 nations in Atlanta; 6,000 participants wear adidas, and adidas supplies products for 21 of the 26 sports.
University Of Queensland - Powerlifting/Weightlifting Club Established for over 20 years. Dedicated training facilities for powerlifters (squat, bench press, deadlift)and olympic weightlifters situated at the University of Qld campus St Lucia. Membership open to students and general public. http://clubs.uqsport.uq.edu.au/uqpwc
Extractions: Powerlifting and Weightlifting Club home goals of the club how to join powerlifting ... return to UQ Sport Squat Bench Press Dead Lift Welcome to the University of Queensland Powerlifting and Weightlifting Club (UQPWC) site in Brisbane. Our web site can now be found at http://www.uqpwc.org Meet the new 2005 Committee Members : President: Andrew Logan, Treasurer: Steve How Lum. The club membership forms for 2005 are available by clicking here or from the UQ Sport Reception Desk. We are looking for new members. In you are interested in learning about powerlifting (squat, benchpress and deadlift) please contact the club. Check out our facilities (and photos)... Powerlifting equipment (suits, belts, knee wraps etc) is available from: www.inzernet.com
BS Olympic Gym - York Barbell, Strongman Equipment, Plyometrice Exercise, Key Al Our inventory includes product lines by York, Chapman, Valeo, and RB Rubber. We currently have available weightlifting bars, free weights, troy barbell-VTX with more bumper plates, belts, and wraps being added as well as weightlifting equipment and accessories. http://bsolympicgym.com
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Extractions: Weightlifting in the U. S. The man who did the most to revive American weightlifting after Windship's death was Alan Calvert. In 1893, when he was 18, Calvert saw a performance by Eugen Sandow at Columbian Exposition in Chicago and became a convert. Because it was hard to find equipment, Calvert in 1902 founded the Milo Barbell Company. He also began publishing a promotional pamphlet called Strength , which became a full-scale subscription magazine in 1914. Calvert sold both the business and the publication in 1919, but he continued to be involved with the editorial side of Strength during the early 1920s. He was one of the founders of the American Continental Weight-Lifters Association (ACWLA) in 1922, with George Jowett, who had become the editor of Strength , and Bernard Bernard, editor of Life and Health The first national championship was held in Los Angeles in 1924, using the same five lifts as in the Olympics that year. During the late 1920s, the ACWLA was challenged by the Association of Bar-Bell Men (ABBM). The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) took over control of the sport, holding its first national championship in 1929. The ACWLA and the ABBM both folded soon afterward.
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Extractions: FORUMS LINKS Debates Forum The debates forum is dedicated to discussions about issues in powerlifting. Olympic Weightlifting Forum The Olympic Weightlifting forum is dedicated to questions and answers about weightlifting happenings and training. Training Forum The training forum is a great place to ask for help with your lifting. From tweaking lifting form to new exercises to try, this is the place to ask for it. GOHEAVY.COM
Semi Weightlifting Online Meeting and club information, competition results from the a Canadian olympicstyle weightlifting team. http://www3.telus.net/intelligirl/weightlifting.htm
ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games A grand celebration, the ATHENS 2004 olympic Games, which for 17 days returned to history The emblem of the ATHENS 2004 Paralympic Games Visit the http://www.athens2004.com/
Extractions: These Games broke many records. Athens hosted 11,099 athletes, the largest number ever and also the most women athletes ever. Representatives of 202 countries took part, more than any other sport event. The Olympic flame traveled for the first time to all continents. Shot Put was held in Olympia and women competed there for the first time.
Times Online - Olympics The head of the International weightlifting Federation is distraught. After a week of olympic competition, once again his sport has been sullied by the http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,11093,00.html
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USA Weightlifting The history of weightlifting. June 18th, 2004 The first modern day Olympics were held in 1896 and weightlifting was included as an official sport. http://www.msbn.tv/USAVision/displaypage.aspx?id=294
Highlights Of Individual Olympic Games For the only time in olympic history, the winner of the B final, became the first weightlifter in history to win three consecutive olympic titles. http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/olympic-games-highlights.html
Extractions: The people of Athens greeted the Games with great enthusiasm. There is no event that the Greek hosts wanted to win more than the marathon race, because of its historical significance. Spiridon Louis, a Greek shepherd set off from the city of Marathon (marathon was run from Marathon to Athens over the course covered by Greek hero Pheidippides in 490 B.C. after the battle with the Persians) and took the lead four kilometres from the finish line and, to the great joy of the 100,000 spectators, won the race by more than seven minutes. Alfréd Hajos (HUN-swimming) won the 100m and the 1,200m events. For the longer race, the swimmers were transported by boat and left to swim back to shore alone. According to Hajos, "I must say that I shivered at the thought of what would happen if I got a cramp from the cold water. My will to live completely overcame my desire to win". The Games of 1900 were held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle Internationale - the Paris World's Fair. The exposition organizers spread the events over five months and de-emphasized their Olympic status to such an extent that many athletes died without ever knowing that they had participated in the Olympics.
RIO - About The Olympic Park - The Montréal Games - History A first in the history of the modern olympic games! Facing Her Majesty, weightlifter Pierre SaintJean, bareheaded, holding a corner of the flag with http://www.rio.gouv.qc.ca/pub/parc/historique_jo.jsp?locale=en
