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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis
As for weight lifting, while I grew up on Vasily Alexeyev, the lower weight classes lift a higher percentage of their body weight than the super heavyweights, so you could just as easily make an argument for getting rid of the fat guys on the theory that they actually achieve less.
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Solution: Come up with a point system that combines value for lifting more weight and value for lifting a higher percentage of your own weight and then put everybody in one big pool.
But there is no reason that there are two gold medals available for soccer and 24 for weightlifting.