Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a competitive strength sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, …

Jan 5, 2023 · We’ll discuss the new olympic weightlifting classes for men, women, and young lifters in Olympic weightlifting in this article. Why the Change? 1. Streamlining Competitions. 2. …

Ten (10) new bodyweight categories for women and ten (10) new categories for men were approved by the IWF Executive Board on July 5th, 2018. Seven (7) of each of these …

Dec 9, 2024 · Olympic Weightlifting will have new bodyweight categories for the first time in seven years. On Dec. 5, 2024, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) approved the …

Jan 22, 2024 · Weightlifting received the largest athlete quota reduction of any sport on the 2024 Olympic Games program, with 10 weight categories total.

Aug 16, 2023 · The infographic below outlines the current Olympic weightlifting weight classes, along with previous weight categorizations going back nearly a century.

Weightlifting athletes compete in bodyweight categories, or weight classes, for competitive fairness. In 2022, the IOC and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) approved a new …

The weightlifting competition in each weight category was composed of two events: snatch, and clean and jerk. The weight classes for men were 61kg, 73kg, 89kg, 102kg, and +102kg. For …

Mar 18, 2024 · Learn what's changed in Olympic weightlifting since the Tokyo Olympics, including new weight classes and a shake-up to the competition format. In 2022, the International …

Aug 7, 2024 · Weightlifters are divided into weight classes. While the International Weightlifting Federation recognizes 10 classes for each sex, there will only be five classes at the 2024 Paris...