26-07-2012
Weightlifting has ancient origins. It featured at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 with the men's event, while women started to
participate only at the 2000 Games in Sydney. It includes two events: snatch and clean and jerk.
Clean and jerk consists of two stages. The first stage, called the clean stage, is a lift where the barbell is picked from the
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