Weightlifting 2016 Discussion Thread

[bestmen 2,922]

Egypt got one bronze beijin 2008 after this chinese ban

[MHSN 3,813]

Two historical changes by IWF

 

1. Reaching gender parity in the sport, women will also have 8 bodyweight categories (just like men) as of 1 January 2017. The new categories are: 90kg and +90kg for senior and junior; and 75kg and +75kg for the youth competitors.
2. Another epic change may be the abolishment of the bodyweight advantage (in the case of equal results) which is expected to make weightlifting competitions easier to understand and increase the competitiveness.

[Gianlu33 5,999]

3 hours ago, MHSN said:

Two historical changes by IWF

 

1. Reaching gender parity in the sport, women will also have 8 bodyweight categories (just like men) as of 1 January 2017. The new categories are: 90kg and +90kg for senior and junior; and 75kg and +75kg for the youth competitors.
2. Another epic change may be the abolishment of the bodyweight advantage (in the case of equal results) which is expected to make weightlifting competitions easier to understand and increase the competitiveness.

So, if two athlete has the same "points"? We have a possibility to have 3-4 world champion or more?

[heywoodu 16,459]

3 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

So, if two athlete has the same "points"? We have a possibility to have 3-4 world champion or more?

A lift-off would be cool  

 

Though my guess is the first "tie breaker" would be the total amount of missed attempts or something like that? 

[heywoodu 16,459]

And finally, a higher maximum women's category. I doubt it will be competitive, +75kg barely is already, but having 75kg as heaviest category was just a little bullshit. 

[dcro 10,211]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

And finally, a higher maximum women's category. I doubt it will be competitive, +75kg barely is already, but having 75kg as heaviest category was just a little bullshit. 

 

So ...63kg, 69kg, 75kg, 90kg, +90kg?

 

There is an unusual gap between 75 and 90.

[OlympicIRL 6,304]

Will these changes affect the overall weightlifting quota for the next Olympics or will the overall quota stay the same and be re-distributed from the existing categories?

[heywoodu 16,459]

8 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

So ...63kg, 69kg, 75kg, 90kg, +90kg?

 

There is an unusual gap between 75 and 90.

True, although I think it makes more sense than gaps of 5kg between categories  

 

 

[MHSN 3,813]

4 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

So, if two athlete has the same "points"? We have a possibility to have 3-4 world champion or more?

 

No, we had another tie break in case of equal body weights, now it will most probably applies to the whole compettion without caring about the bodyweight.

 

whoever lifts first stays first. which mean if your opponent lifts 200kg for example before you , you have to lift 201 to take his place.

[dcro 10,211]

54 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Will these changes affect the overall weightlifting quota for the next Olympics or will the overall quota stay the same and be re-distributed from the existing categories?

I think it's likely they will just decrease men's quotas and increase women's quotas. So 130 in both genders, instead of 156 men and 104 women.