Weight lifting
History
Weight lifting was created, to know who the strongest people were, but this sport became Olympic. In China the army used weight lifting to choose the soldiers.
Although it hasn’t entered in the ancient Greece Olympic Games, the weight lifting was used as a preparation of other sports. The first school was created in 19 century, in Austria, before, this practicing was popular in circus.
The first championship was in 1887, in Austria. The sport became popular in France and Russia too. In 1891 the first weight lifting world championship was played by 7 athletes from 6 different countries.
The first time in the Olympic Games the weight lifting was divided in categories was in 1920. The women only start competing in 2000.
The first championship was in 1887, in Austria. The sport became popular in France and Russia too. In 1891 the first weight lifting world championship was played by 7 athletes from 6 different countries.
The first time in the Olympic Games the weight lifting was divided in categories was in 1920. The women only start competing in 2000.
A men’s Olympic barbell weights 20kg (44lbs)
The women’s Olympic barbell weights 15kg (33lbs)
The distance between the sleeves is the same for the men’s and the women’s bars at 1310mm
The discs are differentiated by color and weight:
Red-25kg
Blue-20kg
Yellow-15kg
Green-10kg
White-5kg
Greco-Roman Wrestling
History
It's a sport fighting between two fighters, which aims to immobilize the
two shoulders of an opponent to surrender. This type of fight has a unique
style and technique when compared to other forms of fight. A feature of
wrestling are its spectacular blows, the fight with the hands (the ability to
control and manipulate your hands and arms of the opponent), as well as blows
with fists, or the struggle to gain an advantage during a contraction of the
upper limbs.
The greco roman wrestling is considered the oldest competitive sport in
the world, besides being the oldest when related to the Olympic Games, and its
first appearance in 708 BC in so-called Olympic Games Ancients (according to
the study of rock fighters drawing). In the modern era it had its first
appearance in the Athens Games in 1896, which was the focus of the competition,
for being a pure version of old fight.
Unfortunately, in 2013 the IOC (International Olympic Committee) voted
to exclude the sport starting from the Olympic Games from 2020.
Rules
- It has two rounds, three minutes each.
- It's forbidden the use of his
legs, which limits the fighter to use only the upper body to bring down, lift
and peel off the opponent.
- The winner is the athlete who can fix the
shoulders of the opponent on the ground, thus characterizing a fall. Another
way to win the match is the count of points that each athlete can during the
rounds, with successful and well-applied strokes, or the fighter who opens
ten-point advantage over his opponent.
- If there is a tie at the end of the
first two rounds or none of the athletes get to do more than three points, the
fight is extended for one more round of three minutes. If the tie persists, the
judges decide the winner.
Curiosities
- At the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912, there was an unprecedented event
in the history of struggle. The fight for the semifinals of the middleweights
between Martin Klein, Russia and the Finnish Alfred Asikainen lasted over 11
hours, a record never equaled. Klein eventually winning, but the fatigue was
not able to contest the final. The gold medal ended with the Swede Claes
Johansson.
- The combat area is a square mat of 8 meters side with a maximum of
10 centimeters thick, in the center of a platform of 12 x 12 meters and 0.90 to
1.10 meters tall.
- The Russian Alexander Karelin is the greatest fighter of
all time, and a sports myth. Weighing less than 100kgs of pure muscle, and only
7% of fat in the body mass, with a tremendous force and training daily in
Siberia, running in the snow and doing weight training, won three titles
Olympic, 12 European championships, 9 World championships and the title of most
feared athlete in any sport.
Rugby
What it is: Rugby is a team sport originating in England with intense physical contact and today is the second best known team sport in the world, surpassed only by soccer. Each team has fifteen players and generally 6 players in the reserve.
The game´s goal:
The winner of the match is the team that has the most points. For this to happen, players must take the ball beyond the goal line of the opponents and support it against the ground, as well as conversions.
The ball:
The rugby ball is of oval shape, of leather or suitable synthetic material. It can be treated to make it water resistant and easier to grip. Its length ranges from 28.0 to 30.0 cm.
History:
Rugby was created on the rugby school during a soccer match in 1823 the student William Webb Ellis caught the ball, and ran to the goal with it. Unfortunately, we don´t have evidences to support that fact.
However, Webb Ellis is still remembered as the sport´s inventor and the winner of the Rugby Union World Cup, held every four years, receives the Webb Ellis Cup.
We also have documents that shows that Young men used to leave their work early to compete for their village or town in games of football.
Famous athletes:
The most popular and known athletes are Jonah Lomu, Martin Johnson and Dan Carter.
In the Olympics:
In 2016 Olympics rugby will come back and the Brazilian team is one of the favorites to win a medal.
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