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Weightlifting Schedule London 2012 Olympic Games

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Here are the time tables for all London 2012 weightlifting events. Update: Google Calender times are 1 hour behind. See the tables below for correct times. I also found a way to import the schedule into your Google Calender (available for all events). Instruction: download the .ics files here (right click ‘save as’) create a new calender […]

Final Entry List London 2012 Weightlifting

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No more guessing. Finally we get to know who is going. Update: Here is an updated start list (PDF Warning) Here is the final entry list for all weightlifting events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. If you find any surprises / oddities, share them in the comments. Men’s 56kg Given Name Family Name Country Date […]

WliftPro YouTube Channel

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And if you havn’t already, subscribe to the WliftPro Channel on YouTube. The guy is uploading lots of recent & past weightlifting gems. Like this video of 1987 World Weightlifting Championships. Featuring Antonio Krastev’s 216kg Snatch and lifts by Leonid Taranenko. Bulgaria’s Borislav Gidikov winning the 75kg category of 1987 Or Highlights from the 1996 Olympics +108kg Profile of […]

Russian’s Way to the Olympics

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Thanks to Anna for sending in this video of a Russian tv show called “The Way to the Olympics”. It has some footage from the men’s training camp in Taganrog (8:25) as well as the women’s training camp in Rouza (14:25). As always it would be great if anyone of you could sum up the […]

Julia Rohde Profile

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What’s a good opportunity to post something about Julia Rohde? That’s right any reason is a good one. In the short video below she talks about the usual stereotypes that come with being a weightlifter. She says most people think that female weightlifter are big, heavy and (giggles) ugly. But adds that in the lighter weight classes […]

Aurimas Didzbalis Tests Positive – Out of Olympics

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94kg Lithuanian powerhouse Aurimas Didzbalis lost his European silver medal. He failed a doping test, thus costing his country its only Olympic spot. In the statement, the Lithuanian weightlifting federation said that its international counterpart had on July 6 reported that a urine sample taken from the 21-year-old was found to contain a substance that exceeded […]