The Izmailovo Sports Palace is an
indoor arena located in the Eastern Planning Zone in
Moscow
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,
Russia
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. It hosted the
weightlifting
Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...
competitions for the
1980 Summer Olympics.
References
1980 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 112–4.
Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics
Indoor arenas in Russia
Olympic weightlifting venues
Sports venues built in the Soviet Union
Sports venues in Russia
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