History of Olympic Weightlifting
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1998 World Championship, Lahti, Finland: Three time Olympic champion (1992, 1996, 2000) and bronze Olympic medalist in 2004, Pyrros Dimas (Greece) was probably one of the most charismatic lifters of all-times and most definitely one of the best clutch lifters that ever stepped on the lifting platform. Selected footage features his snatch and sj on his way to the gold medal at the World Championship in 1998.
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* The Clip-O-Rama section of the Lift Up website presents an educational and research multimedia library of mini-clips featuring various oldtime Olympic lifters and events of the 20th century. The original footage is a courtesy of various media resources including Arthur Drechsler Collection (USA), British Pathe (Great Britain), Nicholas Curry Collection (USA), Geoff Fleming Collection (USA), Getty Images, Gosteleradio (Russia), International Olympic Committee, Robert Kabbas Collection (Australia), Frank Rothwell Collection (Ireland), John Way Collection (Australia), Weightlifting Exchange (USA) and more. Special thanks go to GoHeavy Olympic Weightlifting Forum for their help in preparation materials for the Clip-O-Rama.
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