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	weightlift - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about weightlift
		Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's one hand lift
		Weightlifting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's two hand lift
		Weightlifting at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's all-around dumbbell
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /weightlift (116 words)

	Summer Olympics 2000 Weightlifting was Nott her first choice
		Tara Nott once figured her ticket to the Olympics was in gymnastics, and she was talented enough to compete in several regional events.
		So Nott decided to try to win an Olympic medal in soccer, and she was skilled enough to play on the U.S. under-19 and under-23 national teams.
		Because she competes in weightlifting's equivalent of the lightweight class, she will be the first U.S. athlete to hoist a barbell in Sydney.
	espn.go.com /oly/summer00/s/2000/0804/668162.html (769 words)

	NewsHour Extra: Olympics - September 13, 2000
		A $3.5 billion extravaganza called the summer Olympics is being held in Australia.
		Officials from the IOC and the U.S. Olympic Committee decided the display was counter to the ideals of the Games; both athletes were banned from the Olympic Village and sent home.
		The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 led to the largest boycott in the history of the Olympic movement.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/july-dec00/olympics.html (1007 words)

	2000 Olympics: Witty adds Summer Games to her resume
		But she decided because she is still at the peak of her speedskating career and the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics were coming up so fast, she couldn't cycle competitively anymore.
		When she competes in the 500-meter time trial in Sydney, she will be the ninth American athlete to compete in both the Summer and Winter Games.
		She didn't have time to sit by the phone to get word -- she was in the midst of her speedskating training, doing a weightlifting workout.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000709witty8.asp (840 words)

	Summer 2000 Olympics - More Coverage
		Less than 24 hours after winning gold in the women's 400 meters, Cathy Freeman was asked about her long-term future but preferred to focus only on her next race.
		The rush to capitalize on Olympic glory is a tricky one, agents say.
		New role, same Overbeck for U.S. Carla Overbeck is hurt and not playing for the U.S. women, but she's still an integral part of the team.
	www.espn.go.com /oly/summer00/more.html (263 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism.
		However, the 1900 Summer Olympics were already planned for Paris and, barring the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906, the Olympics did not return to Greece until the 2004 Summer Olympics.
		The true origin of the modern Olympics was acknowledged by De Coubertin as being in Much Wenlock, a rural market town in the English county of Shropshire.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics (3849 words)

	Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until 1994, the Winter and Summer Olympics were held in the same year, but in 1986 the International Olympic Committee, which organises the Olympics, decided to separate them, so as to spread costs for all involved parties.
		As with the Ancient Olympics, once the flame has been lit, it is kept burning throughout the celebration of the Olympics, and is extinguished at end of the closing ceremony of the Games.
		The Olympic fire is then extinguished, and the Olympic flag is lowered, folded, and presented to the mayor of the host city of the next Olympic Games.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /olympics/Olympics.htm (1089 words)

	1896 Summer Olympics
		These were the first celebration of the Olympic Games since the recreation of the ancient Greek Olympics with the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894.
		This is remarkable, as the Olympics did not, for a long time, allow professional athletes to compete, with the sole exception of fencing.
		The weightlifting contests are also conducted in the Olympic stadium, with Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Viggo Jensen of Denmark taking a first and a second place each in the single-hand and double-hand contests.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/1/18/1896_summer_olympics.shtml (886 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics
		The ceremonies concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
		Former Australian Olympic champions brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman, who lit the flame in the cauldron.
		IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, at his last Olympics, had to leave for home, as his wife was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already passed away.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2000_summer_olympics.shtml (670 words)

	Athens Olympics 2004
		Fittingly for an Olympic Games that was, more than most, about beginnings and endings, the honour of carrying the Australian flag and leading the team at the closing ceremony was given to veteran swimmer Petria Thomas.
		As is the fate of many Olympic athletes, the members of the men's hockey team who won perhaps the most thrilling of Australia's 17 gold medals will return to relative obscurity once the celebrations have died down.
		Olympic historian Harry Gordon speaks to Roy Masters about his impression of how the Games will be remembered.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics (464 words)

	Articles at Lift Up: Anatoly Pisarenko
		At the 1980 Olympics, he was too young and the coaches preferred to go with more experienced and known lifters.
		Pisarenko attended that Olympics as the president of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation.
		On the weightlifting platform your physical strength has to be multiplied by you intellectual abilities and ambitions.
	www.chidlovski.net /liftup/a_interview_pisarenko_082000.asp (1932 words)

	Famous Mormon Olympians (1912-2000)
		A bleeding ulcer plagued her throughout the Olympic trials and nearly kept her from the Games but Maggie would not be denied.
		The 2000 Olympics were the first games to include women’s water polo as an official team sport.
		In 2000, he made it to the semi-finals of the 100-meter race, finishing in ninth place, just.05 second off qualifying for the finals, running a race of 10.25 seconds.
	morgannews.us /olympians.html (1843 words)

	Olympic Preview: Weightlifting
		Turkey's Naim Suleymanoglu, who is considered the greatest Olympic weightlifter in history, weighed just 140 pounds and stood 4 feet, 11 inches tall.
		The maximum weights for each of those classes were new in 2000, therefore, each gold medallist automatically established a new Olympic record in their weight class.
		Weightlifting will be held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall from Aug. 14 to 25.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/ol-weightlifting.html (305 words)

	2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games held in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
		Because the wife of Juan Antonio Samaranch, the IOC President, was seriously ill and not able to accompany her husband to the Olympics, former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer, Dawn Fraser, accompanied Samaranch during the Australian cultural display, explaining to him some of the more obscure cultural references.
		People in Canada who wanted to see the Olympics between then and the closing ceremonies had to turn to TSN because the CBC was broadcasting news coverage related to the passing and state funeral of the former prime minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics (2123 words)

	Egypt in the 2004 Summer Olympics
		The original Olympics were held every four years for a span that lasted for almost eight centuries.
		At Minsk in May of 2004, Nahla was the biggest star in the field of 262 competitors in both men's and women's weightlifting, and so not surprisingly, even Sport's Illustrated has picked her for Gold in the Women's 75 kg (165 lbs) event at Athens.
		Egypt's best results in the Olympic pool came in 2000 in Sydney when Egypt's retired golden fish Ranya Elwany reached the final B and clinched the 11th spot.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/egypt2004olympics.htm (1359 words)

	Olympics
		Olympic ring border, list of words related to bobsledding and luge to use in poem.
		When the Olympics are over, use the results from your chart to answer the questions.
		This reading comprehension is a biography of Olympic champion Kerri Strug and the story of her famous gold-medal win in gymnastics at the 1996 Olympics.
	www.abcteach.com /directory/theme_units/sports/olympics (1215 words)

	O WOW! (Olympic Weightlifting On the Web!)
		Team Georgia Weightlifting: The vision of Team Georgia Weightlifting is to educate and develop the physical and mental aspects of athletes and coaches from around the State of Georgia.
		Universty of Arizona Olympic Weightlifting Club: This club was formed at the U of A in Tuscon 5 years ago and has been successful in State and Collegiate Competitions.
		NSW Weightlifting Association: was formed in 1935 and has been one of the driving force behind the sport of weightlifting in Australia.
	www.lifttilyadie.com /w8lift.htm (2443 words)

	Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
		The 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing, China; the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
		At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host-city presents the flag to the mayor of the next host-city.
		The Olympic Medals - Sydney 2000 - see the Australian and Greek imagery in the medals awarded to the winners.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /olympics (1311 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		Women were included in the weightlifting events for the first time at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney.
		USA Weightlifting (USAW) is the National Governing Body (NGB) for Olympic weightlifting in the United States.
		The USOC Weightlifting site has all the rules, history, and current headlines on lifting.
	www.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/weightlifting.php (635 words)

	Michael Phelps Bio \| Swimming \| Professional Swimmer \| Pictures \| Pics \| Photos \| 2004 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Michael Phelps made history by qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, when he was just 15 years old.
		Five months after the Olympics, Phelps became the youngest world record holder in history by setting a new record in the 200 meter butterfly at the World Championships in Japan.
		At the 2004 Olympics, Phelps competed in the 100m fly, 200m freestyle, 200m fly, 200m Individual Medley, the 400 IM and three US relay teams.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p4728.htm (445 words)

	EdGate Summer Games
		Its first appearance in the Olympics was at the 1900 Games where it was the first team sport admitted to the Olympics.
		Tap into the last Olympics articles and features about the men's and women's water polo teams on CBS Sportline's Olympics 2000 site.
		Olympic and other International water polo competitions are played by FINA regulations; however, local American high school competitions are usually played by NCAA regulations and you can check the NCAA Website for their regulations.
	www2.edgate.com /summergames/spotlight_sport/waterpolo.php (612 words)

	Wikinfo \| 1980 Summer Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Moscow won the bid to organise the Games by defeating Los Angeles, which would host the next Olympics.
		Women's field hockey is Olympic for the first time, but all major nations boycott the tournament.
		The team of Zimbabwe is invited just a week before the start of the Games, but it wins the nation's first gold medal.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1980_Summer_Olympics (332 words)

	Open Directory - Sports: Events: Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Olympic History from Buffalo and Western New York - Highlights of olympic history with stories about Olympic medal winners and their accomplishments.
		Olympic Museum - A virtual visit of the permanent exhibits, a virtual gallery with Nagano ceremonies, a philatelic and numismatic exhibition, concerts and conferences, a research centre.
		Science and the Olympics - Science and technology played a small role in the original Olympics, which prompted a brief truce in any wars the Greeks happened to be fighting.
	dmoz.org /Sports/Events/Olympics (817 words)

	TIMEasia.com \| The Summer Olympics: Notebook \| 10/2/2000
		On the night of the opening ceremony, 125,000 calls were made from inside the main Olympic Stadium, including thousands placed by athletes as they marched in the opening parade.
		At the weightlifting venue, the ringing of mobiles frequently disrupted the concentration of lifters, leading to speculation that some of the calls were deliberately placed to disturb opponents.
		The weightlifting venue in the Sydney Convention Center saw plenty of both last week: Colombia's first-ever Olympic gold, India's first women's medal, Mexico's first weight- lifting gold and, sadly, the first woman lifter to be stripped of gold for a positive drug test.
	www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/2000/1002/olympic_notebook.html (1189 words)

	Clean and jerk, sailor moon episode - Progress of World Records
		The typical techniques in the Olympic snatch and the clean and jerk are shown at various stages of the movements.-Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
		The clean and jerk is the second lift performed in all Olympic weightlifting competitions.
		Information on the Snatch and Clean and Jerk, history of weightlifting, and what is weightlifting.
	sailor-moon-episode.timesengine.com /?q=sailor-moon-episode-clean-and-jerk (306 words)

	Summer Olympics: Taekwondo
		In the Olympics the contestants must wear a body protector, forearm protection, shin guards and tooth brace that protects your mouth from getting hit.
		In the Olympics there will be competitions for men and women.
		Taekwondo became an official Olympic sport in the 2000 Olympics.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/taekwondo.htm (169 words)

	Summer Olympics: Weightlifting
		Weightlifting was included in the first modern Olympic games in 1896.
		Weightlifters use chalk on their hands to get a better grip on the bar.
		At the Olympics there will be events for men and women wrestlers.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/weightlifting.htm (90 words)

	1992 Summer Olympics information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 1992 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
		All of the IOC countries participated in the Games for the first time since Munich 1972 Summer Olympics.
		Baseball was introduced at the Olympics, with Cuba won the gold medal, Chinese Taipei got silver medal and Japan was Bronze medal.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/1992_Summer_Olympics (572 words)

	ESPN.com: Olympics
		Bulgarian Olympic weightlifting champion Galabin Boevski plans to appeal an eight-year ban for tampering with his urine sample at last year's world championships.
		ESPN.COM'S 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS: Complete coverage from Athens.
		ESPN.COM'S 2000 SUMMER OLYMPICS: From the opening ceremonies to the final gold medal.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/summer04/weightlifting/index (253 words)

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