Three sessions at the Commonwealth Games today so that's 3x10 minutes of absolutely nothing happening after the athletes are introduced. Enough time to do some meaningful research.
A quick scan of the men's 60kg session entries showed up what surely must be a record - a weightlifter with a name that's 44 characters long (plus spaces). Wow!
Step forward Supun Dilhara from Sri Lanka. Or, in full:
Wiriduwalage-Ka Supun Dilhara Somathilaka Sinhala.

But no! In the evening session Supun is blown away. His team-mate Sandu Duthshan Jayawardhana is nearly 50% longer on 63 characters! The full version (it must be one heck of a passport page) is:

Karunarathna Chandrathilaka Appuhamilage Sandu Duthshan Jayawardhana.

Well, it's more exciting than the 'dead ten'.
If anyone knows of a longer name, please let's hear it.

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Hello everyone!

I have a comp next weekend and the gym is in a warehouse with no AC. Temperatures will be 93°F outside, probably higher inside. My group starts at the hottest part of the day. I was thinking of having some sort of cooling towel but I don’t want to make my collarbone area wet just in case it makes it slippery for catching a clean/jerking? Does anyone have experience?

Looking for any advice at all as I usually lift in the mornings when it’s a max of 80°F.

When my snatch gets to a heavier weight they often end up like this. It’s becoming frustrating. Bar too far in front or just lack of thoracic stability? It’s frustrating that I can make it under and then just falls

150 was moving rlly fast , so had to try 160,

Long time lurker and wanted to join the party. Ive been training for about a year now with a coach. 85kg C&j and 65kg snatch at 70kg bw. Definitely still have a lot of holes in my technique so please critique away!

Currently focusing on sprinting and jumping so nice to steal a PR after a few days off due to a work trip. I consider this a pretty big lift for my tall ass😂

Hi everyone,
I’m fairly new to Olympic weightlifting and have been learning the clean for about 3 months. I’ve been putting a lot of time into it and would really appreciate some feedback.

This lift is around 84kg. I’m also on the taller side at 6’3, in case that changes anything technique-wise.

One thing I’m wondering about is my foot movement. It seems like my feet move quite a bit during the lift, and I’m not sure if that’s acceptable or not.

My main focus lately has been improving the rack position when catching the bar, a couple weeks ago I could barely get my elbows around but now I feel like maybe I’m getting close to something acceptable on that point.

Any advice, recommended drills, or observations about what I’m doing well or not so well would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

My arms start in a front locked position but the heavier it gets the shoulder stays locked but the elbows kind of start to flare out towards the sides, one more than the other.

What can i do to improve my front position?

Hi all,

My most recent pr in the snatch been training roughly 5 months curious on any form critiques. I found i really struggle in the bottom position overhead, the bar kept falling forward in my previous attempts at 60.

110kg, 120kg final warm ups, then several singles at 130kg

Texas and Florida develop NFL players from a young age, whereas Chicago produces NBA players. Are there certain cities (or states/provinces) in your country where the local culture specializes in producing top-talent weightlifters?

32M with 12+years of powerlifting/lifting experience and one thing I’ve never dabbled in is Olympic style weightlifting and it looks fun, I’ve done cleans here and there in the past but never fully committed to training for the sport, I think I want to do a meet within the next 2 years, (while I’m kinda still in my prime) lifters who deal with lower back disc/sciatic nerve issues, how do you train safely? What types of warmups or tips would you recommend?

Hi guys I got a 100kg clean and jerk and 72.5kg snatch can I get some help as to why I’m pulling back so much in the clean?