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Current Meets
June 26-28th, 2009: Weightlifting (awaiting judging and release)
July 10-12th, 2009: Powerlifting (lifter sign-up open until Friday July 3rd at 10pm GMT)
Upcoming meets
August 14-16th, 2009: Military Bench for reps
September 18-20th, 2009: Challenge meet
October 23-25th, 2009: Weightlifting
November 13-15th, 2009: Powerlifting
December 4-6th, 2009: Bench press
The 2010 meet schedule will be presented in autumn
Held Meets
May 15-17th, 2009: Deadlift
April 24-26th, 2009: Bench press
April 10-12th, 2009: Weightlifting
March 13-15nd, 2009: Powerlifting
February 20-22nd, 2009: Military bench
February 6-8th, 2009: Weightlifting
January 23-25th, 2009: Push-pull
December 5-7th, 2008: Powerlifting
November 7-9th, 2008: Military Bench Press
October 3-5th, 2008: Weightlifting
September 5-7th, 2008: Deadlift
July 25-27th, 2008: Powerlifting
May 16-18th, 2008: Bench Press
May 16-18th, 2008: Military Bench Press
March 7-9th, 2008: Powerlifting
November 23-25th, 2007: Military Bench Press
September 7-9th, 2007: Powerlifting
February 9-11th, 2007: International Bloggers' Powerlifting Meet
General meet statistics
18 held meets, 172 lifter sign-ups.
93 unique lifters (22 women, 71 men) representing 15 countries.
1071 submitted attempts (58% passed).
Faults given for failed lifts
Shows the total percentage of failed lifts and how the calls were distributed for those lifts.
[failed] are lifts for which no technical fault was given (i.e. obvious failures to lift the bar).
Squat (40.9% failed)
[failed] 47.8%
no depth 34.7%
bad attire 6.2%
contact 3.4%
double bouncing 2.7%
no upright lock 2.4%
stepping 2.1%
bar too low 0.3%
bar roll 0.3%
Bench press (56.4% failed)
[failed] 39.9%
insufficient pause 24.4%
bad attire 11.9%
failure to lockout 9.9%
position changed 5.9%
downward movement 3.8%
uneven lockout 1.6%
contact 1.3%
heaving 0.9%
cannot judge 0.5%
Military bench press (36.4% failed)
[failed] 44.7%
insufficient pause 34.2%
bad attire 10.5%
downward movement 7.9%
failure to lockout 2.6%
Deadlift (30.5% failed)
[failed] 64.6%
no pause 13.1%
thigh support 7.9%
bad attire 5.9%
downward movement 5.2%
bar dropped 2.3%
attempt weight lowered 1%
Clean and jerk (32.8% failed)
[failed] 60.9%
pressing 30.4%
uneven lockout 5.8%
pausing 1.4%
no pause 1.4%
Snatch (37.7% failed)
[failed] 68.4%
pressing 16.5%
uneven lockout 7.6%
pausing 6.3%
platform contact 1.3%