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Olympic weightlifting
Siuzanna Valodzka performing a snatch during the women's 71 kg weightlifting event...
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Tommy Kono
American weight lifter Tommy Kono performing the winning clean and jerk lift to become...
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The typical techniques in the Olympic snatch and the clean and jerk are shown at...
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Tommy Kono on his way to winning the silver medal in the middleweight weightlifting...
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Tommy Kono
American weightlifter Tommy Kono after he won the titles of Mr. World in 1954 and...
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Miyake Yoshinobu at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games
Miyake Yoshinobu celebrating after winning the featherweight weightlifting competition...
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Tommy Kono at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games
American weightlifter Tommy Kono (center), who won a gold medal as a lightweight...
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