2015 national senior weight lifting championship kicks off in Hai Phong city

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(CPV) - Hosted by the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and the Hai Phong city Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the tour opens on July 5th, luring 107 athletes from 23 delegations. Athletes will compete in three categories of the snatch, the clean and jerk, and the snatch/clean and jerk combination, from 56kg to over 105 kg for men and from 48kg to over 75kg for women. The tournament aims to check the training quality of youth artists, as well as seek the best for the national senior squad in preparation for international games. It will wrap up on July 7th./. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in each, and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category. Bodyweight categories are different for women and men. A lifter who fails to complete at least one successful snatch and one successful clean and jerk also fails to total, and therefore receives an “incomplete” entry for the competition. The clean and press was once a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form.