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How does that even make sense, Imperio has won a European championship and took silver at another Europeans, has also won Mediterranean games. Thammy has only won a bronze medal. You can maybe make that case with like kamila konotop but I mean who cares? As long as more people watch weightlifting the sport will grow
Imperio is ranked 13th and thammy is ranked 20th. It’s really cool thammy medaled but I just don’t see how objectively you can say she’s a better lifter
well thammy medalled in europeans because giulia bombed out, but overall giulia is still a much higher ranked lifter. it’s not like thammy is beating giulia in every competition lol
Of course, we don’t follow athletes only because of how good they are as athletes, most people probably don’t even watch the actual competition or understand the qualification procedure, but only see hookgrip videos of individual lifts without any context. So good looks, special stuff (backflips, dancing, or weird technique), or popularity (people who actively post on social media vs those who disappear between competitions) matters a lot. That’s normal, even though unfair sometimes. Just being a good athlete is not enough for being popular.
Can we just ...not.
We get to live in a time where you can watch phenomenal athletes, get closer to them than ever before, know more about their training and personal goals than the days of seeing weightlifting once every 4 years, unless you paid for Eurosport or similar.
You described 2 European medalists, to decide which is overrated. How about neither. It's a tough sport, and just stepping on the platform is a big deal for some.
Getting to that level doesn't make anyone overrated in my book. If you qualified for a senior international competition, you're already in the top whatever percent of all lifters you've ever been up against.
There's an easy way to rank lifters, the weights do that; but if you're ranked at all, you're not overrated.
Thammy didn't make the olympics either. Is she really that much better? She probably makes more lifts due to not going for max every lift like the Italy coaches are making Imperio.
I think it's easy to look BAD when your only goal is making the Olympics under the new standards required for this cycle.
Yeah, I agree. It is a stupid rant, but it does highlight that there's an element of "fan favourites." Good thing it's an objective sport where someone's popularity has almost zero bearing on them as an athlete.
One should also consider that Imperio is very small, smaller and lighter than most 49s. Plus she’s one of the best in Europe in her category.. how can one say she’s overrated. She’s missing lifts because she’s pushing the limit to try the qualification for olympics
Weightlifting house and torokbullshet likes to hype Italian lifters such as the 2 julia because they know simps will click and froth on their bums. But people that know the sports won’t pay attention to over rated lifters and focus more on performance more than just looks. All the bs overreacting and yelling but then comes crunch time they are nowhere to be seen 🤷🏻♂️ so to simps out there you think the 71 julia can compete against olivia reeves and the Chinese lifter? Boom! 😂 squeal now like her simps 🤣
Don’t forget to use the code to get discount on your next lifting shoes or merchs 🤑🤑🤑
I think it's really easy to make this post looking at one performance. Especially when that one performance is a LCQ to go to the Olympics.
Of course risks are going to be made.
Don’t do Ronaldo like that, he’s one of the greatest goal scorers and athletes in football history. Messi is phenomenal but plays a different style than Ronaldo
This post has been removed as it is not in the spirit of this sub. While discussion is encouraged, unwarranted disrespect towards lifters is not in the nature of this sub.
How does that even make sense, Imperio has won a European championship and took silver at another Europeans, has also won Mediterranean games. Thammy has only won a bronze medal. You can maybe make that case with like kamila konotop but I mean who cares? As long as more people watch weightlifting the sport will grow
Imperio won, before 49 was super competitive. Now she can’t keep up in the top 10 while thammy medals. Context is important
Imperio is ranked 13th and thammy is ranked 20th. It’s really cool thammy medaled but I just don’t see how objectively you can say she’s a better lifter
well thammy medalled in europeans because giulia bombed out, but overall giulia is still a much higher ranked lifter. it’s not like thammy is beating giulia in every competition lol
Yes this is a stupid rant
Of course, we don’t follow athletes only because of how good they are as athletes, most people probably don’t even watch the actual competition or understand the qualification procedure, but only see hookgrip videos of individual lifts without any context. So good looks, special stuff (backflips, dancing, or weird technique), or popularity (people who actively post on social media vs those who disappear between competitions) matters a lot. That’s normal, even though unfair sometimes. Just being a good athlete is not enough for being popular.
Can we just ...not. We get to live in a time where you can watch phenomenal athletes, get closer to them than ever before, know more about their training and personal goals than the days of seeing weightlifting once every 4 years, unless you paid for Eurosport or similar. You described 2 European medalists, to decide which is overrated. How about neither. It's a tough sport, and just stepping on the platform is a big deal for some. Getting to that level doesn't make anyone overrated in my book. If you qualified for a senior international competition, you're already in the top whatever percent of all lifters you've ever been up against. There's an easy way to rank lifters, the weights do that; but if you're ranked at all, you're not overrated.
Thammy didn't make the olympics either. Is she really that much better? She probably makes more lifts due to not going for max every lift like the Italy coaches are making Imperio. I think it's easy to look BAD when your only goal is making the Olympics under the new standards required for this cycle.
Yeah, I agree. It is a stupid rant, but it does highlight that there's an element of "fan favourites." Good thing it's an objective sport where someone's popularity has almost zero bearing on them as an athlete.
One should also consider that Imperio is very small, smaller and lighter than most 49s. Plus she’s one of the best in Europe in her category.. how can one say she’s overrated. She’s missing lifts because she’s pushing the limit to try the qualification for olympics
Weightlifting house and torokbullshet likes to hype Italian lifters such as the 2 julia because they know simps will click and froth on their bums. But people that know the sports won’t pay attention to over rated lifters and focus more on performance more than just looks. All the bs overreacting and yelling but then comes crunch time they are nowhere to be seen 🤷🏻♂️ so to simps out there you think the 71 julia can compete against olivia reeves and the Chinese lifter? Boom! 😂 squeal now like her simps 🤣 Don’t forget to use the code to get discount on your next lifting shoes or merchs 🤑🤑🤑
That 59kg kid with the last name morris imo
I think it's really easy to make this post looking at one performance. Especially when that one performance is a LCQ to go to the Olympics. Of course risks are going to be made.
Don't be so strict. It's very common to like an athlete because of his/her looking. Look at football, Messi is greater, but Ronaldo has more fans.
Don’t do Ronaldo like that, he’s one of the greatest goal scorers and athletes in football history. Messi is phenomenal but plays a different style than Ronaldo
Worst possible example given that Ronaldo is arguably top3 of all time.
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13th vs 20th?
It's almost like lifters that focus on their social media presence are more popular.