Piece of the Platform – Volume 6
Welcome to piece of the platform. As Athletes ourselves and as Technical Officials, we’re really lucky that we get to spend time with, know, work or train alongside some really fantastic people from within the weightlifting community. We’re even luckier still that some of those people have agreed to a take part in our mini interviews, that we’ve coined ‘Piece of the Platform’.
We’ve reached out to Coaches, Technical Officials, BWL staff, Athletes and volunteers, and we’ve asked them all some variation of the same 4 questions. The answers we’ve had back have been inspiring, funny, helpful and thought provoking – so we’ve collated them here, as an addendum to the learning resources, to pool that collective knowledge and advice in the hope that you’ll enjoy reading them just as much as we did.
Stefano Cataldi – Athlete , Youth & Junior Champion
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What’s your favourite thing about weightlifting ?
My favourite thing about weightlifting is its measurability i.e. it’s a sport of numbers.
What one piece of advice would you give to athletes about competition?
Don’t get too worried about how you’ll perform on competition day beforehand, because the atmosphere of competition usually has positive effects on how you lift.
What do you think BWL and the Technical Officials do well, and what could we do better?
it’s good that BWL is doing more exhibitions of the sport and getting the general public to become more aware of the sport. As for what they could do better, nothing immediately comes to my mind.
If you could ask your favourite lifter one question, who are they and what would that be?
I would ask Lu Xiaojun “Why did you always catch at the bottom of the squat when jerking?”