Abstract
Purpose: to study the indicators of the competitive activity of the strongest weightlifters in the world at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad 2020 and to identify trends for further increasing their sports results, taking into account weight categories and gender differences.
 Material and methods. By studying scientific literature, Internet resources, competition protocols, pedagogical observations, video recordings of competitions, we analyzed the achievements of 140 weightlifters who took part in the Games of the XXXII Olympiad 2020 in Tokyo and the number of countries they represented. All indicators of competitive activity and age characteristics were grouped according to the following principle: among the top 10 weightlifters in each weight category, as well as separately among the prize-winners of competitions among men and women.
 Results. The sports results of the top 10 weightlifters of each weight category among men and women who took part in competitions, age characteristics, the rate of achievements in a sports career, the level of approaches implementation and international competition were analyzed.
 Conclusions. Based on the analysis of the number of countries and licenses received by the athletes of these countries, world and Olympic records, the effectiveness of the performances of the world's leading weightlifters at the Olympic Games is shown. The optimal age for achieving the highest results, the age of the beginning of the sport for the prize-winners of the competition, the rate of achieving maximum results in a sports career, sports results, the level of implementation of competitive approaches, the rate of increase in achievements in competitive exercises, the value of starting results, the level of international competition in each weight category in men and women, the characteristics of the dynamics of the results of the most titled athletes during their sports career, who took part in the Olympic Games, are given.
Highlights
Weightlifting, as an Olympic sport, has always attracted the attention of specialists and scientists all over the world with the high sporting achievements of weightlifters of men and women. This applied to the indicators of competitive activity among athletes of different sexes and groups of weight categories, especially at the largest world forum of the four years - the Olympic Games [1, 2, 3, 4]. Such competitive activity of the world's strongest weightlifters has always been accompanied by a large number of world and Olympic records set at these competitions [5, 6, 7, 8]
The following statistical indicators were determined: arithmetic mean, standard deviation S, number of licenses obtained by the leading weightlifting countries in preparation for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in 2020, since they reflect the level of preparatory work of the coaches of the national teams of these countries, as well as the effectiveness of this work (Table 1)
The number of licenses received and the level of their implementation shows the level of preparedness of weightlifters from the leading national teams of the world for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad 2020 in Tokyo
Summary
Weightlifting, as an Olympic sport, has always attracted the attention of specialists and scientists all over the world with the high sporting achievements of weightlifters of men and women This applied to the indicators of competitive activity among athletes of different sexes and groups of weight categories, especially at the largest world forum of the four years - the Olympic Games [1, 2, 3, 4]. Such competitive activity of the world's strongest weightlifters has always been accompanied by a large number of world and Olympic records set at these competitions [5, 6, 7, 8]. Many countries and athletes were unable to obtain licenses for these Games and were missing the weightlifting competition at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad 2020 in Tokyo (Japan) contained many unforeseen situations and brought interesting, and in many ways, unexpected results. weight and height differences, which will help many coaches and specialists to find hidden reserves for increasing athletes' athletic achievements in future competitions
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