Two lifts are contested in weightlifting, the snatch and clean-and-jerk, both of which must be competed with two hands. The title of champion will be awarded to the lifer who obtains the highest combined total in the two Olympic lifts. Only three attempts at each of the two lifts per weight are allowed. Just before the start of the competition, each lifter indicates at what weight he will first attempt in each lift. Since no one is bound by his announced starting weight, it often stan ...