"The team in weightlifting is going to be small, probably of three athletes," he said.
Zoe Smith acquitted herself admirably, scored a personal best and showed Britain might have a future in weightlifting.
Among the competitors in Bath was Laura Faulkner, who is part of Britain's Olympic development squad in weightlifting.
Athletes involved in weightlifting (2.42percentt), boxing (1.94percentt) and archery (1.47percentt) failed at significantly higher rates than cyclists.
Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan was a surprise gold medallist in weightlifting on Wednesday, but immediately faced questions over doping.
FRIDAY'S PUZZLE — Stacking entries one on top of the next in a crossword puzzle is the metaphorical equivalent of the "clean and jerk" in weightlifting.
We won 17 medals at the last Commonwealth Games, one of the most productive sports for England, but we still have to justify ourselves a lot in weightlifting.
As a junior in West Carteret High School in his hometown, Morehead City, N.C., Dodge immersed himself in weightlifting after he noticed the effects on his body; he gained 20 pounds by the time he graduated and he was hooked.
Although Iraq has sent teams to the Olympics in most years since 1948, the country's anthem has played only once during a medal ceremony: in 1960, when Abdul Wahid Aziz won a bronze in weightlifting.
PAGE 6 SPORTS A LIFTER PREPARES For Her Third Olympics Cheryl Haworth was a youthful sensation when she won the bronze medal in weightlifting at age 17 in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Before the dreadful events of Tuesday, I had considered myself lucky to have tickets to what was considered a super-event — the super- heavyweight finals in weightlifting, starring the three-hundred-and-thirty six-pound Soviet giant Vastly Alexeyev, who can lift five hundred and eighteen pounds past his paunch and over his head.
