Olympic weightlifting female competitors. 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. In comparison with other strength sports, which test limit strength (with or without lifting aids), weightlifting tests aspects of human ballistic limits (explosive strength); the lifts are therefore executed faster—and with more mobility and a greater range of motion during their execution—than other strength movements. Properly executed, the snatch
Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 69 kg Weightlifting at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 69 kg The boys' 69 kg weightlifting event was the third men's event at the weightlifting competition at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, with competitors limited to a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 16 at 18:00. Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight