Trends in the Competitive Performance of the World’s Strongest Weightlifters Before the Xxxiii Olympic Games in Paris

Background and Study Aim. The article aims to study the trends in the competitive performance of the world’s strongest weightlifters at the 2023 World Championship and to reveal the prospects for their further entry into the XXXIII Olympic Games in Paris. Material and Methods. We analyzed the achievements of 200 weightlifters who participated in the 2023 World Championship and the number of countries they represented by studying the scientific literature, Internet resources, score sheets, pedagogical observations, and video recordings of competitions. All indicators of competitive performance and age characteristics were grouped according to the following principle: the top 10 weightlifters in each weight category, as well as the winners of the competition among men and women. All weightlifters were conditionally divided into three groups of weight categories: for men by group I (up to 55, 61, 67 and 73 kg); group II (up to 81, 89 and 96 kg); group III (up to 102, 109 and + 109 kg); for women by group I (up to 45, 49, 55, 59 kg); group II (up to 64, 71 and 76 kg) and group III (up to 81, 87 and + 87 kg). Results. The article analyzes the competitive results of the world’s 200 best weightlifters in all weight categories for men and women who participated in the competitions, their age characteristics at the competitions and the beginning of their first international starts, the pace of achievement of results in their sports career, the ratio of achievements in each competitive exercise, the level of realization of competitive attempts, as well as the level of international competition in each weight category. The prospects of individual talented athletes to get to the XXXIII Olympic Games were determined. Conclusions. The effectiveness of the performances of the world’s strongest weightlifters at the World Championship on the eve of the Olympic Games was shown based on the analysis of the competitive results of weightlifters of different sexes, the number of licenses obtained by athletes of these countries, world and Olympic records. The optimal age of achievement of the highest results by weightlifters, the age of the beginning of the sport for the winners of the competition, the pace of achievement of maximum results in a sports career, the ratio of achievements in each competitive exercise, the level of implementation of competitive attempts in the snatch and the clean and jerk, the level of international competition in each weight category for men and women were determined, the characteristics of the competitive performance of the most titled athletes of the world who participated in this championship were analyzed.