COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Weightlifting (USAW) wishes to grow the sport of Olympic Weightlifting as well as has approached numerous Camiseta Real Sociedad athletic directors with the national association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
USAW contacted 297 athletic
directors this month to gauge the rate of interest of NAIA naming weightlifting as an
emerging sport. To make the designation, Olympic Weightlifting needs a minimum
15 club or varsity teams at NAIA-affiliated institutions. currently eight
NAIA-affiliated institutions bring club or varsity Olympic weightlifting.
In the U.S., one in three youth
athletes decrease out of the sport of Olympic Weightlifting by the time they reach
the age of 18. These athletes typically play other sports Camiseta Kashiwa Reysol that offer scholarships
and competitions at the collegiate level.
By ending up being an NAIA-emerging sport,
USAW really hopes to keep athletes as well as USAW-affiliated coaches by producing more
scholarship as well as competitive opportunities.
“An important part of our objective is to grow
the sport of Olympic Weightlifting in the United Camiseta Sanfrecce Hiroshima States,” stated Suzy Sanchez,
USAW’s director of Grassroots Programs as well as Scouting.