Weightlifting

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Weightlifting is an Olympic sport, first contested at the 1896 Games, in which the contestant attempts to lift a barbell loaded with weights. The world governing body is the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), which was founded in 1905 and has its headquarters in Budapest.

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