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Re: Press out rule

Posted By: Dresdin Archibald (s010600112fe26e33.ed.shawcable.net)
Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:00 a.m.

In Response To: Press out rule (wolf hasenmaier)

Press-outs were always against the rules in the clean and jerk as well as the snatch. But again, in the dying days of the Olympic press the rule was sometimes not strictly enforced.

There are two mainreasons that press-outs are lot allowed. One is aesthetics. Press-outs look awkward and do not fit in with the trend in all Olympic sports toward greater technical perfection.

The other is safety. Trying to save a lift that didn't quite nake it to lock-out can lead to injury. I'll never forget one lifter I saw who tried valiantly to press out a big jerk and ended up blowing all his elbow ligaments. He never lifted again.

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• Press out rule
  wolf hasenmaier (p5B15D87F.dip.t-dialin.net) -- Friday, May 9, 2008, @ 4:50 p.m.
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    Michael George (webcacheb03a.cache.pol.co.uk) -- Friday, May 9, 2008, @ 11:06 p.m.
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    VIC DAVY (c-76-100-242-105.hsd1.md.comcast.net) -- Saturday, May 10, 2008, @ 6:11 a.m.
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    James Campbell (cache-dtc-ah10.proxy.aol.com) -- Saturday, May 10, 2008, @ 7:08 p.m.
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      Geoff Fleming (12.1.48.108) -- Monday, May 12, 2008, @ 5:47 a.m.
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        James Campbell (cache-mtc-ah03.proxy.aol.com) -- Monday, May 12, 2008, @ 7:10 a.m.
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          Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) -- Monday, May 12, 2008, @ 5:09 p.m.
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            wolfgang hasenmaier (p5b15fbf2.dip.t-dialin.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 3:30 p.m.
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              Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 6:54 p.m.
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                steve zeigman (adsl-074-237-099-191.sip.bct.bellsouth.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 9:21 p.m.
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                  Geoff Fleming (12.1.48.108) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 5:30 a.m.
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                    steve zeigman (adsl-074-237-099-191.sip.bct.bellsouth.net) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 11:37 a.m.
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                      Geoff Fleming (12.1.48.108) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 11:52 a.m.
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                        steve zeigman (adsl-074-237-099-191.sip.bct.bellsouth.net) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 1:34 p.m.
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                          Geoff Fleming (c-68-45-41-254.hsd1.nj.comcast.net) -- Saturday, May 17, 2008, @ 7:10 p.m.
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        Michael George (webcacheb01a.cache.pol.co.uk) -- Thursday, May 15, 2008, @ 9:44 p.m.
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          James Campbell (h-68-165-147-46.dllatx37.covad.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:09 a.m.
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    Dresdin Archibald (s010600112fe26e33.ed.shawcable.net) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:00 a.m.
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      Walt Lampert (24-113-31-182.wavecable.com) -- Friday, May 16, 2008, @ 11:17 a.m.