Olympic lifting

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Brueckner owns CrossFit Annex and teaches Olympic lifting and other skills.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2019

“It’s good. The more I do it, the more it will help everyone,” said Cummings, who began Olympic lifting to get stronger for football and has become a weightlifting prodigy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2017

I would say there is a difference between the power lifting and the Olympic lifting.

From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2016

This injury rate—about 3 per thousand hours—is similar to rates in gymnastics and Olympic lifting and lower than rates for rugby and other competitive contact sports, according to the Hak study.

From BusinessWeek • Sep. 4, 2014

For decades, however, America's fitness industry has virtually abandoned the athletic pursuit, also known as Olympic lifting, in favor of new equipment, fads and methods.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2010