Topic: Eleiko Announces 2012 Awards

[Rachel Crass]

ELEIKO SPORT ANNOUNCES CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR THE ARNOLD WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE ATHLETES OF USA WEIGHTLIFTING


January 8, 2012 - Chicago, IL - Eleiko Sport, USA is proud to announce its continuing support for the athletes of USA Weightlifting who will compete at the combined event of the 2012 US Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting and National Weightlifting Championships, taking place at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio, March 1-4, 2012.

Eleiko Sport will award the winner of each weight category with a new Eleiko Olympic Weightlifting Training Barbell. In addition to this, Eleiko Sport will provide a cash prize to the two women qualifying to represent the United States in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Athletes will compete on the latest Eleiko Sport weightlifting equipment, which was recently used at the 2011 World Championships in Paris and will be used later this summer at the 2012 London Olympics.

 “We are proud to continue our support for the athletes of USA Weightlifting and look forward to an amazing event. We know that the organizing committee of the event, Columbus Weightlifting Club, spearheaded by Mark Cannella, has a proven track record of producing first class weightlifting events,” says Rickard Blomberg, President of Eleiko Sport, USA.

About Eleiko Sport, USA

For over 50 years, Eleiko Sport has been the worldwide leader within international weightlifting, powerlifting and strength and conditioning. Since 1963, when our equipment was used for the first time in an international championship, athletes lifting with Eleiko barbells have set more than 1,000 world records. Eleiko Sport has become, and still is, the standard.

Customers can contact Eleiko Sport, USA directly by calling 312-794-7770. For the latest news and product information, please visit www.EleikoShop.com or www.EleikoSport.com/USA.