Hellenic Weightlifting Federation
WEIGHTLIFTING DURING THE ANCIENT YEARS Although weightlifting is considered to be the main sport of strength and vigour, it was not included in the programme of the Olympic Games in ancient years. Since that time, weightlifting became a way of demonstrating physical strength. Greeks treated top weightlifters as half-gods. Milon of Kroton, whose athletic achievements Pausanias extols in his work “Iliaka”, is a perfect example. He was not the strongest though. Elianos records that Titormos of Etolia...