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U.S. Weightlifting Team

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123 Pounds -- Albert Hood. 19, Los Angeles. Set meet record while winning this year's National Championships. Also won this year's National Junior Championship. Set five national junior and senio records. Best combined lifts 523 pounds.

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148 Pounds -- Don Abrahamson, 26, Capertino, Calif. University of Central Florida, 1979. Won U.S. Nationals 1978 and 1982, second in 1983. Won National Sports Festival 1978, 1981 and 1983. Best combined lifts 627 pounds.

181 Pounds -- Arn Kritsky, 23, Vienna, Va. Senior at George Mason University. Won 1983 Americas Cup. Fifth in 1983 Nationals and fourth this year. Best combined lift 688 pounds.

198 Pounds -- Derrick Crass, 23, Colorado Springs, Colo. Southern Illinois University. Second in 1982 National Championship, third this year. Second in 1982 National Sports Festival and third in 1983. Junior American record holder in clean and jerk with 413 pounds.

198 Pounds -- Kevin Winter, 30, San Jose, Calif. Lemoyne College. Won National Championships 1981, 1982 and 1984, second jn 1983. Won 1981 National Sports Festival and 1982 Pan Am championships. best combined lifts 777 pounds.

220 Pounds -- Ken Clark, 28, Pacifica, Calif. Holds American clean and jerk record of 469 pounds and total of 832.5. Won National Sports Festival 1981, 1982 and 1983. Sixth in World Championship in 1982. Alternate -- Mike Davis, 25, Metairie, La.

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220 Pounds -- Rich Shanko, 24, East Brunswick, N. J. Second to Clark in U.S. Olympic trials. Second in national championships in 1982, 1983 and 1984. Seventh in 1982 World Championships. Best combined lifts 814 pounds.

242 Pounds -- Guy Carlton, 30, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1980 U.S. Olympic team member. Won National Sports Festival 1981, 1982 and 1983. Second in 1983 Senior Nationsla. Best combined lifts 859 pounds.

242 Pounds -- Ric Eaton, 21, Stockton, Calif. Won National Junior Olympic competition in 220-pound class from 1977 through 1980. Won 1983 Americas Cup. Best combined lifts 793 pounds.

285 Pounds -- Mario Martinez, 27, San Francisco. Hartwell Junior College. National Sports Festival champion 1981, 1982 and 1983. Set meet record while winning this year's National title. Won National Junior Olympics in 1976. Set American record of 413 pounds in the snatch. Best lift in clean and jerk 490 pounds.

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