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Events
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Men
Event: 61Kg
Event: 67Kg
Event: 73Kg
Event: 81Kg
Event: 96Kg
Event: 109Kg
Event: +109Kg
2
Women
Event: 49Kg
Event: 55Kg
Event: 59Kg
Event: 64Kg
Event: 76Kg
Event: 87Kg
Event: +87Kg

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OVERVIEW

A discipline that not only requires strength, but also concentration, technique and a lot of discipline. Live a new experience at the Pan American Games with snatch and clean and jerk. These spectacular categories might look similar to the public, but involve different techniques.

HISTORY

History Weightlifting has been on the Olympic program since the first modern Games in 1896. It was practiced by ancient Egyptian and Greek societies as a way to measure strength and power. It became a sport in the nineteenth century.