London 2012: Weightlifting Women's 48kg Category
Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 20:31
Darryl Edwards in London, Motivation, Olympics

 

Strong!

It's a pleasure to be able to attend the Olympic games especially when I live in the host city.  The atmosphere is amazing.

Here is a picture from the woman's 48kg (106lb) weightlifting category I attended yesterday. Most of the women are less than 1.5m (4'10") and about half my weight.  However they can lift almost twice their weight overhead with the snatch lift and almost 2.5 times in the clean and jerk.  Now that is inspirational, what a power and strength to size ratio!

The Snatch lift.  Incredible technique - some of them make those lifts look so easy.  China attempting PB of 91kg to go for gold.  That's almost snatching my bodyweight overhead!  A ‎115kg clean and jerk clinches victory for China.

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