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= //Olympic Weightlifting// =

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In olympic weightliftung participants attempt a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. The two competition lifts in order are the snatch and the clean and jerk. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in each and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category. A snatch is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement and the clean and jerk witch is to lift the barbell in two mevments the clean catching the barbell across the deltoids and the jerk locking the arms over head with the barbell.