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unusual facts about Clean and jerk


Clean and jerk

Toes may be pointed straight ahead or angled out according to the lifters' preference.


Ouyang Xiaofang

Ouyang participated in the women's -63 kg class at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships and won the gold medal, snatching 110 kg and clean and jerking an additional 136 kg for a total of 246 kg.

Svetlana Shimkova

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 63 kg category, with a world record clean and jerk of 139 kg, which was surpassed in the same contest by Pawina Thongsuk with 140 kg.


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