Weightlifting Stuff

Hey guys,

I'm back. And today I'm going to write about weightlifting. The weightlifting event I watched was the men's 56 kg group A. 

The people who got on the podium were Long Qingquan from China who got gold by lifting 307 kg (which is a world record),
Om Yun-Chul from 
North Korea who got silver by lifting 303 kg, and Sinphet Kruithong from Thailand who got bronze by lifting 289. But what's really interesting is that the guy who got silver in this event (which is called total) has the world record for clean and jerk, which is a single lift compared to total which is a bunch of lifts. The most exciting bit was probably the last lift by Long which is the one in the picture. He was shaking, and at one point he looked like he was about to explode, but then he finally lifted it up. Then he dropped it purposely and started screaming for joy. 

There wasn't really anything I learned from watching that because I've been watching weightlifting for a long time now, and know the proper techniques, and the different types of weightlifting. But I still wouldn't count myself as an expert.


Well, that's all for now. Bye.