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dparkyesterday at 10:07 PM1 replyview on HN

You might want to look at strength standards for women and men at the same weight.

https://exrx.net/Testing/WeightLifting/StrengthStandards

Weight classes are a great thing in some sports. They do not solve for the discrepancies between women and men, though.


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x0x0today at 1:37 AM

As an example: men super heavyweight snatch record: Lasha, 225 kg. With Krastev 217 way back in 1987. Women: 149kg, Li Yan. So a 76kg delta.

Clean and Jerk: Taranenko 266kg in 1988; current Lasha 267kg. Women's is Li Wenwen 187kg. An 80kg delta.

Gender matters.

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