The O-lifting Thread - Page 135 - Health and Fitness Forum

I'm not so worried. Wling staying in (or wrestling leaving) the Olympics is all about money. I think on the world scale weightlifting is pretty popular and results in decent money but idk for sure.

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07-14-2016 , 05:46 PM

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Mihkel05

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Weightlifting is by far the most popular strength sport. PLing has been and will always remain a fragmented fringe strength sport.

Strongman and highland games are cool to watch tho.

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07-14-2016 , 09:35 PM

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Evoken

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Wrestling was way more popular than WLing. But it'll be curious to see what happens if it gets removed. It might still survive as more than a fragmented fringe. Crossfit lol.

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07-14-2016 , 09:40 PM

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Syndr0m

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Poor Chinese athletes if that happens lol. Or would worlds/asia/national comps be important enough for them to keep being the best in the world at it?

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07-18-2016 , 08:41 PM

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Syndr0m

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Liao Hui is retiring from wl and taking up professional golf lol

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07-18-2016 , 08:46 PM

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abrahamovic

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He must have pissed some people off to get left off the Olympic team. Talking too much about how he loves America maybe lol

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07-18-2016 , 09:00 PM

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Syndr0m

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Also just saw this article

http://www.weightliftingmindset.com/...ght-advantage/

"The bodyweight advantage in Weightlifting competitions could soon be gone. Stated simply, with bodyweight out as the primary way to break a tie, it comes down to who makes a Total first. Another way to look at it, if you snatch more than me, you’ll win if we tie in the Total."

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07-18-2016 , 11:34 PM

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nuclear500

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That's....interesting.

It puts strategy into play. Much like what Haack did to Gibbs at Worlds.

He lifted first and purposefully went for a slightly larger number forcing Gibbs to go even higher to win.