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Originally Posted by Tsawwassen
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In a race i guess it makes sense to move people up from 4th to 3rd or whatever. In weightlifting the strategy is different. More often then not there is a guy sitting in bronze medal position and if you are in 4th or 5th you have to lift a weight that will get you into 3rd (to bump that guy and put pressure on him). Often trying to get to 3rd will result in a DNF on the clean and jerk. So it's a bit unfair.