Weightlifting

USA Weightlifting

Hosted by: Cincinnati Weightlifting Club
Sanctioned by: USA Weightlifting, sanction number 18-07-07
Event Director: Chris Cleary
Equipment provider: WerkSan Barbell USA, the official barbell of USA Weightlifting

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High School Weightlifting

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The Cincinnati Winterfest WerkSan Barbell High School Weightlifting Championships will be held to allow junior athletes to focus on their personal development during a high visibility event. Both USA Weightlifting and the Cincinnati Weightlifting Club are dedicated to developing national and international caliber lifting competitors. Beginning with school age athletes and working up to master’s level athletes, each competitor will be developed to the best of his or her athletic ability. The most talented, skillful, and athletic may have the opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games, representing the United States.

This event will allow junior-level athletes to compete in a high caliber competition in a multi-sport environment, which will provide invaluable exposure and development for future success.

What is Olympic Weightlifting?
As one of the original sports contested in the first modern 1896 Olympic Games, weightlifting is now one of the most popular Olympic sports internationally. Olympic weightlifting in the US is experiencing phenomenal growth, both as a competitive sport, and as the premier explosive training for other sports, most notably football, basketball, and volleyball.

In the sport of weightlifting, two lifts are contested. The primary goal is to lift the weight from the floor to an overhead position. The first lift is the SNATCH where the bar is lifted overhead in one continuous movement. The second lift is the CLEAN & JERK. This is a two-part lift where the barbell is first lifted from the floor to the chest. In a separate movement, the athlete jumps to accelerate the barbell from the shoulders. This allows the bar to be jerked overhead as the athlete gets under the bar and locks the elbows. In both lifts, explosiveness and strength make them the most powerful human movements in all of sport.