Weightlifting  

Jennifer

  The athletes lift very heavy wheights in weightlifting.  These athletes are called weightlifters. They have to be very, very strong. The weights are put on each end of a steel bar. The bar can weigh up to 260 kilograms.  This would be like lifting a big cow over your head. If you are a weightlifter you are not allowed to drop the bar. You can have three tries at each lift . Weightlifters are put into groups according to their weight. That makes the competition fair. You must lift more weight than the others in your group to win a gold medal.  

Women will lift weights at the Sydney Olympic Games.

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