Powerlifting at the 2009 World Games
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The powerlifting
competition at the World Games 2009
took place from July 25 to July 26, at the National Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-San Hall in Kaohsiung
, Taiwan
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Powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
competition at the World Games 2009
World Games 2009
The World Games of 2009 took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009. The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games....
took place from July 25 to July 26, at the National Sun Yat-sen University
National Sun Yat-sen University
The National Sun Yat-sen University is a public university located in Kaohsiung, Republic of China . The university is known as NSYSU ....
Sun Yat-San Hall in Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
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Men
| −67.5 kg | |||
| −82.5 kg | |||
| −100 kg | |||
| +100 kg |
Women
| −52 kg | |||
| −60 kg | |||
| −75 kg | |||
| +75 kg |