Weightlifting

Weightlifting, as the name suggests, is a sport in which athletes lift a barbell loaded with weight plates. They are allowed three attempts at any one weight and after each successful lift, the weight is increased. The winner is the one who lifts the heaviest weight. The two main techniques of weightlifting are: the "snatch" and the "clean and jerk". This sport has its roots in the early civilizations of Egypt while the modern sport of weightlifting was originated in the 19th century in Europe. Powerlifting is governed by International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

To lift the heaviest weight possible according to their body weight to win the competition.

General

Weightlifting has a long history. For some ancient clans, the customary trial of masculinity was the lifting of an extraordinary rock. Such masculinity stones, some with the name of the first lifter etched, exist in Greece and Scottish mansions. The competitive lifting of stones continues locally in Germany, Switzerland, the good countries of Montenegro, and the Basque area of Spain. In numerous such occasions, the sequential number of lifts inside a given timespan is utilised to pronounce a champ. 

The birthplaces of current weightlifting rivalry are to be found in the eighteenth and nineteenth century strong men, for example, Eugene Sandow and Arthur Saxon of Germany, George Hackenschmidt of Russia, and Louis Apollon of France, who performed in carnivals and theatres.

International competitions were started being held in London in 1891. The restored Olympic Games of 1896 included weightlifting occasions, as did the Games of 1900 and 1904, yet from that point, these occasions were suspended until 1920. In that year, at the proposal of the International Olympic Committee, the International Weightlifting Federation (Fédération Haltérophile Internationale; FHI) was framed to regularise occasions and regulate global competitions. By 1928 the one-and two-hand lifts of previous Games had offered an approach to just two-hand lifts:  the clean and jerk, the clean and press, and the snatch. The press was abandoned in 1972.

In the Games before World War II, the main weightlifters were French, German, and Egyptian. After the war American weightlifters were overwhelming until 1953. From that point, Soviet and Bulgarian weightlifters held a virtual monopoly on world records and titles. By the late 1990s, the main nations contending in weightlifting were Turkey, Greece, and China. Big showdowns were held in 1922– 23 and from 1937, except amid the war years, and European titles were conducted from 1924 through 1936. A weightlifting rivalry for ladies was added to the Olympic Games in 2000.