Lift big or die trying

Is there a relationship between home country and Olympic weightlifting medals? Between the U.S. military and Austria’s Arnold Schwarzenegger, it would be easy to assume that the United States and Eastern European countries thrive under the iron. But the results from the 2012 games tell a slightly different story.

The U.S. failed to bring home any weightlifting medals. Eastern European countries won more than a handful, but the women outperformed the men when it came to results on a global scale. In the end, Eastern European women and Eastern Asian men were the most likely to hold the podium.

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