Weightlifting is a sport of lifting weights. It is an Olympic sport that requires strength also a special technique and the speed, flexibility, coordination and balance. In competition, two movements are evaluated: the snatch and the clean and jerk. The athlete has three attempts for each movement. The amount of testing versus the best athlete in the snatch and the best essay in the clean and jerk gives final total. The athlete with the best total Olympic-class wins. The category of the lifter is based on his weight (less than 56 to more than 105 kilos). It is a universal sport, practiced in a very large number of countries, but in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria it is the most popular. Russia, Iran, China and the countries of Eastern Europe have also many very high level weightlifters. The "powerlifting" is another form of weight lifted. It consists of more basic movements with heavier loads. This activity is more popular than weightlifting in the United States, where it developed. Attempts to assess the physical strength of men are very old. In many regions, tests of strength still exist today (lifting stones, tree trunks ..). From the nineteenth century, some strong men are famous and popularized weight training in Germany, Austria and France. Then, an attempt to codify the weight and movement in order to compare and rank the performance of athletes. Weightlifting is present from the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Now there are two tests, the raised arm and lifted the two arms. In 1924, the arm movements are disappearing in favor of three movements of two arms: the developed, the snatch and jerk. Since 1972 the movement developed was abandoned, so there are now only two movements. The lifter grasps the bar on the ground. It is accelerating gradually recovers by climbing tiptoe. The arms remain outstretched. After this extension, the athlete slips as soon as possible under the bar in a squatting position, arms stretched above the head. He rises to reach the final position. The lifter grasps the bar on the ground. It is accelerating gradually straightens upwards extension on his toes and shrugging his shoulders. The arms remain outstretched. After this extension, the athlete slips as soon as possible under the bar while squatting; The bar is now on his shoulders, the elbows are raised. The athlete is, the bar remains in contact with the shoulders. Once standing, the clean is completed. The lifter takes a pulse, throw the bar and falls again in order to hold the bar arms stretched above the head (the jerk). This movement is generally slot, that is to say, one leg forward and one backward. Finally, he rises to reach the final position. The bar is 2.20 m and weighs 20 kg (a rod of 2.01 m and 15 kg is used for women). In the central part of the bar, it is rough to facilitate decision. On the sides, we slide the discs held by a collar. The discs are made of metal and rubber (to absorb shock). They follow a color code (red 25kg, 20kg blue, yellow 15kg, 10kg and 5 kg green white). The weightlifter wears special shoes, rigid and stable. It may be, if he wants a wide leather belt (up to 12 cm high) to support your lower back, and bands at the wrists and knees.
The Olympics are considered by all athletes as a decisive meeting, so the stakes are high. All nations, big or small, make available to their athletes the means to shine and win medals. For Morocco, her first Olympics was in 1960, when the edition of Rome. 54 athletes represented the country in ten disciplines: Athletics, Cycling, Fencing, Weightlifting, Sailing, Wrestling, Gymnastics, Shooting at the gun, boxing and modern pentathlon. Morocco, through fire Abdeslam Radi, had his first silver medal. This athlete, many of whom know only the name, has left a lasting impression at the time. His coaches, because of an error in strategy, forced to run the 10,000 meters the day before the marathon. Despite fatigue and bad luck stuck to him back because he was off route during the race, he managed to spring a surprise by finishing second behind Ethiopian Abebe Bikila intractable. Took part in 1964, only 26 athletes at the Games in Tokyo, no one can repeat the feat at Radi. Ghazi Zaaraoui settled for ninth place in 3000 while steeples Bakir came twelfth in the marathon. In this edition, our footballers have lost two games against Yugoslavia first by (3-1) and against Austria by (6-0) then. In 1968, Mexico, Morocco has taken part in only four disciplines, namely athletics, boxing, Wrestling and Basketball. In this edition, we do not retain much, if not the boycott of our national team football tournament for the Israeli team was in his group. Four years later, in Munich, Germany, Moroccan delegations were larger and took part in five disciplines: Athletics, Boxing, Wrestling, Judo and Football. Belhamra especially Boubker Slimani, judo, have given substance, but could not get a place on the podium. The same fate was reserved for Jador Haddou, Lahcen Akka Semsem and Omar Ghizlat in athletics, and Maghfour Lahcen, Mohamed and Ali Serrour Lachguer in Fight. The football team, meanwhile, could reach the second round of the competition after a draw against the USA registered a defeat by Germany and a win against Malaysia 6-0. In the second round, our countrymen have lost their three games against the Soviet Union, Denmark and Poland. This edition was mainly marked by the first Moroccan female participation in the person of Fatima El Fakir and that of Malika Hadki. In 1984, Los Angeles, the Moroccans were present in four disciplines: Athletics, Boxing, Cycling and Football. In this edition, two Moroccans were able to burn and their names and Morocco in the annals of the Olympics. All Moroccans who stayed up late in front of their TVs during those hot summer nights, to see the races Said Aouita and Nawal El Moutawakil remember the tears shed as the two athletes were doing laps, brandishing Moroccan flag in hand. This was the first time the national anthem rang twice during the Olympics.In football, the selection Moroccan could not go beyond the first round. Recall that only the players who formed the backbone of the team are those who are qualified, two years later, in the second round of the World Cup in Mexico. In Seoul, in 1988, the Moroccan athletes were not at fault. While Aouita, on whom all hopes were based, has missed the race (through injury) and was satisfied with a bronze medal in the 800 meters, Moulay Brahim Boutayeb has saved the day by winning the Gold 10.000m. A heroic deed had marked the spirits during this edition of the person pugilist abdelhak Achik: Arrived in the semifinals, he suffered a broken wrist and refused to quit boxing. Finally the referee had the last word and the fight was interrupted before its completion. The image of the boxer defying his injury, tears in her eyes, had marked the spirits. In Barcelona in 1992, Khalid Sekah offers the gold medal in Morocco by winning the 10,000 meters. For his part, Rachid Labs, which was in its infancy in the 1500 meters, wins the money. In boxing, Mohamed Achik, led by his eldest Abdelhak, was able, for a first, get the bronze. In Atlanta in 1996, the delegation was important number of participants, but only through athletics she saves the day. In the absence of precious metal, Salah Hissou in 10,000 and Khalid Boulami (5000) won the bronze. It also accepts that the fall in the final edition of a young athlete who is called Hicham El Guerrouj. In gymnastics, Naima Ghouati was the only representative of the African continent. Four years later, Sidney, harvesting Moroccan medals was not as expected, given the quality of the athletes who represented the various delegations. El Guerrouj, unlucky for OJ, the money simply ran the 1,500 meters. The bronze, meanwhile, was provided by Ali Ezzine (3000m steeples), Brahim Lahlafi (5000 meters), Nezha Bidouane (400m hurdles) and Tahar Tamsamani in boxing. In 2004, in Athens, the birthplace of the Olympics, our national were present in nine disciplines, but once again it was the Athletics to the aid of Moroccan participation. In this edition, Hicham El Guerrouj had the upper hand on his luck and won the precious metal on two occasions in 5000 and 1500 meters. Thus, Morocco's participation in the various editions of the Olympic Games since 1960, has allowed national athletes reap 19 medals. Athletics monopolizes the lion's share with six gold medals, four silver and six bronze, while the boxing we offer three bronze. ..

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