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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5132458, member: 289"] I used to enjoy watching the weightlifting back in the 70's and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Alekseyev']Vasily Alekseyev[/URL] the "king of Kilos", used to dominate the Superheavyweight competition. He set 100 world records, (because he added increments to the bar to do so). He was not only in the Olympics but also on ABC's Wide World of Sports many times. Over the years, weightlifting has disappeared from the televised Olympic coverage and Wide World went off the air long ago. :( (ESPN was similar in it's early days but then they got contracts for the major pro sports league and became an adjunct of them.) But now, with Peacock, we can watch things like weightlifting again. Today I watched [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasha_Talakhadze']Lasha Talakhadze[/URL] of the country of Georgia become the first man to win three consecutive Olympic superheavyweight titles. John Henry Davis of the US won in 1948 and 1952, (and would have been favored in 1940 and 1944). [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Zhabotinsky']Leonid Zhabotinsky[/URL] of the Soviet Union won in 1964 and 1968. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Alekseyev']Alekseyev[/URL] won in 1972 and 1976. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kurlovich']Aleksandr Kurlovich[/URL], also of the Soviet Union, won in 1988 and 1992. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Rezazadeh']Hossein Rezazadeh[/URL] of Iran won in 2000 and 2004. But now Talakhadze has topped them all. He, like [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Alekseyev']Alekseyev[/URL], isn't exactly 'cut' at 6-6 403. Rezazadeh was 6-1 333, Kurlovich a svelte 6-1 275, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Alekseyev']Alekseyev[/URL] 6-1 353, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Zhabotinsky']Zhabotinsky[/URL] 6-4 359 and Davis 5-8 1/2 229. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasha_Talakhadze']Talakhadze[/URL] has huge shoulders and legs but also a pot belly. His uniform said "Georgia" over his belly and it looked like the whole country might be in there. I googled the question" Why do super heavyweight weightlifters have pot bellies? I got this answer: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.popsci.com/strongest-athletes-body-fat/#:~:text=Physically%20big%20competitors%20have%20given%20their%20bodies%20more,midline%2C%20which%20includes%20the%20abs%20and%20lower%20back.[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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