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Weightlifting - event information

Sunday, January 1, 2012

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Start date: Saturday, July 28
End date: Tuesday, August 7
Medals contested: 15
Venue: ExCeL
Total athletes: 260
Aussie athletes: Two to three Australians are expected to qualify

Stretching the human body to its very limit, weightlifting offers the most basic form of physical competition, a test of strength.

Competition in London will be split into 15 weight categories, eight for men and seven for women. The strongest can lift three times their body weight.

Dean Lukin won Australia's only gold medal in the sport in 1984.

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AUSSIES TO WATCH

Damon Kelly

Age 29

Weightlifting

A performance below expectations at the world championships in Paris has seen the veteran's prospects for the London Games dip. But even though he finished 30th in the 105kg plus category, he could rank as Australia's strongest contender. Simplice Ribouem (Getty)

Simplice Ribouem

Age 30

Weightlifting

Ribouem could make the grade with OK performances in his 94kg category. The Cameroon-born lifter defected to Australia after competing in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Deborah Acason (Getty)

Deborah Acason

Age 29

Weightlifting

The dual Olympian gave birth to her first child last year and now has to make her case as Australia's top-ranked female weightlifter. Given her history - finishing 13th and eighth at previous Olympic Games - she is likely to take the honours.