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The women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [1] [2] The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medal (in any event) for the Philippines. China's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan takes the bronze.
Zoe Smith (born 26 April 1994) is an English weightlifter.In October 2010, she won a bronze medal in the women's 58 kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition, to become the first English woman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal.
Rebecca Roberts (born 18 December 1994), is a Welsh strongwoman and grip athlete, current UK's Strongest Woman 2023 & 2024 [1] and winner of the 2021 and 2023 World's Strongest Woman competition. She regained the title of 'World's Strongest Woman' after winning at the Official Strongman games in West Virginia December 2023, becoming one of only ...
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Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
The women's 59 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 27 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This was the first ever 59 kg Olympic competition after the weight categories were reorganized in 2018.
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In the early Games, all lifters competed in the same events, regardless of their individual body weights. 1896. One hand lift; Two hand lift; 1904. Two hand lift; All-around dumbbell; When the sport returned to the Olympic Games in 1920, the competition was structured as a set of weight classes. The number of classes and weight limits for each ...