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48kg Women 2012 London Olympics Weightlifting

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The London 2012 women’s 48kg weightlifting session is done. Update: Official Recordings on YouTube While we are waiting for the recordings to appear on youtube, here is the recording on the BBC. (I use a VPN to watch BBC Streams) Wang Mingjuan won the Snatch with 91kg And the Clean & Jerk with 114kg “I hope […]

HideMyAss VPN to Watch BBC Olympic Live Streams

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After searching for the most convenient option I just set up a VPN to watch the 24 BBC live streams of the Olympics. BBC has all session (yes, even B sessions), all sports in great quality. Totally worth it. I chose the  HideMyAss 1 month option for $11.52*. No subscription bs and they accept Paypal. The […]

Last Minute Changes in London Line Ups

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The official Weightlifting Start List (PDF Warning) is out. A couple of changes piled up in the last days. If you find more, let me know. Team Albania: Hysen Pulaku tests positive (via) According to a report of the Albanian Olympic Committee, Pulaku resulted positive with doping during the CIO surprise control for the Olympic Games in London. […]

British Weightlifting Documentary – Girl Power, Going For Gold

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The BBC made a documentary about 3 British weightlifters as they prepare for the London 2012 Olympics. Girl Power: Going for Gold The film follows Zoe Smith (58kg) (@ZoePabloSmith), Hannah Powell (48kg) @hannahpowell92 and Helen Jewell through the various battles for the 2 women’s spots on the Olympic team. Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 Thanks to Maleik for sending this in.

London 2012 Weightlifting Statistics

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Let’s geek out about statistics. Since good (accessible) data was nowhere to be found online I collected the data from the official London 2012 Athletes Pages, as well as the weighlifting athletes’ profiles. You can access the raw data here: Google Docs Spreadsheet, xls Excel Spreadsheet I encourage you to take a look at it […]

Fernando Reis Setting Goals

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Here is a sweaty video of 22 year old Fernando Reis talking about the Olympics. I had this goal in my life, that if I didn’t reach this goal of becoming third place in the world in the juniors, I would have stopped weightlifting. Well, glad he did. So we can see him in London. He […]

Aramnau out of Olympics

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What a bummer, Andrei Aramnau is not competing in London. He apparently pulled a muscle in his thigh and says that there is no way he is going to lift at the Olympics. “I was in great shape, but for whatever reason my coach had asked me to compete in a meaningless competition, where I […]