weightlifting
A competitive sport in which contestants in variously defined categories of body-weight aim to lift a bigger weight than any other contestant. The weights are attached to a barbell that the lifter must lift to his or her shoulders (‘clean and jerk’) or above the head (‘snatch’). Forms of weightlifting have existed in many informal contexts in which individuals might challenge other individuals to contests of strength, lifting stones, rocks, or boulders (such as stone-lifting in Basque regions of France and Spain, linked to wagers and prizes), and in routinized display forms such as ... ...
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