History of Olympic Weightlifting
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Alexey Petrov/b> was one of the key athletes of Team Russia of the post USSR break-up era. He won the gold Olympic medal in Atlanta 1996 and bronze medal in Sydney 2000. The footage includes the 180 kg snatch and 222.5 clean and jerk by Petrov at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia.
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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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