Men’s basketball was introduced as a demonstration sport at the 1904 Games and then became an official event in 1936 at the Berlin Games. Women’s basketball debuted at the Montreal Games in 1976. The sport was played by amateurs until the 1992 Barcelona Games, which were the first Olympic...
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Sport climbing made its debut at Tokyo 2020 with a combined men’s and women’s program. The sport feature three disciplines: Speed, Bouldering, and Lead, in which climbers go as high as they can on a wall in six minutes. The following schools have all participated in the USA Climbi...
The Niue Weightlifting Teams returns from Arafura Games with 3 gold and 3 silver. Sioe Haioti and Narita Viliamu both competed in the Junior section of the Arafura Games and the Oceania and South Pacific Jnr. categories. They both do extremely well being new to the sport of weightlifting. N...
There are a number of possible reasons for this to happen, and they can be different for the snatch and clean with a given athlete. Figuring out the source of the problem will allow you to determine the most effective corrections, although a shotgun approach using the following recommendations...