Three-time Olympian and 1984 Olympic silver medalist Mario Martinez died Sunday at the age of 60, according to his longtime coach Jim Schmitz. Born July 6, 1957 in Salinas, California, Martinez was first exposed to the sport Olympic Weightlifting in 1972 at a meet Schmitz hosted in San Francisco. There, members of the 1972 Olympic […]
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JAN. 10, 2018, 12:08 P.M. (ET) The United States Olympic Committee Wednesday named Sarah Robles the winner of the Best of Team USA December. Robles swept gold and went 6-for-6, securing Team USA Women’s first World Championship since 1994. Read the USOC’s press release below. Congrats, Sarah and THANK YOU for your votes! Congrats to […]
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Following the Gold medals of María Fernanda Valdez and Arley Mendez at the World Championships at Anaheim, weightlifting became the most mentioned word in Chile. This unusual result was celebrated all over media, including newspaper front pages and highlighted news in TV. Both athletes received the most important sport awards in the country: The Best […]
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Continuing the educational seminars in South America, the Mexican Weightlifting Federation organized a course about weightlifting training technique, psychology within the training and competition, changes in the rules and anti-doping. The course aimed to give additional knowledge to coaches and technical officials of the country. The fight against doping has been strongly emphasized, especially revealing […]
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In the past months, end of 2017, the South American countries organized several education seminars. It started with the “Technical Improvement in Weightlifting” Seminar in Uruguay. 56 participants attended the course lectured by Professor Sergio Parra. During the theoretical classes it was emphasized how to develop the planning of the trainings (year, month, week) while […]
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