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Eleiko Sport at The
Arnold Sports Festival Weekend 2011 in Columbus, Ohio
Eleiko
Sport are proud partners of the Arnold Weightlifting
Championship 2011, in Columbus, Ohio on the 4-6 March,
2011. The event is hosted by Columbus Weightlifting
Club Inc, who have done so for the last nine years.
This event is promised to become even better than
previous, and Eleiko Sport are proud to be part of it.
The 2011 Arnold Weightlifting Championships will
showcase the nation’s best weightlifters in a three
day event featuring open divisions for youth through
adult competitors.
This
year’s competitions include: the Eleiko Master’s
Lifting Invitational for lifters 35 years & older; the
Arnold International Weightlifting Invitational where
the world’s best compete for prize money; and the
Eleiko Olympic Academy Challenge for lifters 8-20
years. To award their efforts, the youth lifter with
the best performance will be awarded a $2000 college
scholarship presented by the Columbus Rotary and
Arnold Sports Festival.
The competitions will consist of the two classic lifts
used in the Olympics, the snatch and the clean & jerk.
The snatch is a lift from the floor to overhead in
one, continuous movement. The clean & jerk is a
two-part lift from the floor to the shoulders and then
jerked overhead. |
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In
attendance in past years were many past and present
Olympians including: weightlifting legends Tommy Kono
a two-time Olympic medalist, Mr. World & Mr. Universe;
and Joe Dube the last US Superheavyweight World
Champion.
The Arnold Weightlifting Championships take place
March 4-6 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
For more information, please see ARNOLD INFORMATION or
ARNOLD AT YOUTUBE
Of course, the competitions will feature Eleiko
barbells.
ELEIKO SPORT INC
For more than 50 years Eleiko has taken an active part
in international weightlifting. Our products have been
delivered to 160 countries all over the world. The
trademark stands for quality, competence and success.
More than 900 world records
Since the World Championships in Stockholm in 1963,
when Eleiko was used for the first time in an
international championship, more than 900 world
records have been set by athletes using Eleiko
barbells.
COLUMBUS WEIGHTLIFTING CLUB INC
Columbus Weightlifting Club, Inc.
A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization dedicated to the
Development of National and International-Caliber
Athletes in the Sport of Weightlifting. CWLC is a
Member of O.W.C., U.S.A.W., U.S.O.C. & I.O.C.
Please contact Head Coach Mark Cannella at
info@columbusweightlifting.org
or 614-832-2757 for more information.
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