London 2012 Gold Medal Shoes

The two heavyweights when it comes to athletic footwear are Nike and Adidas. Both companies make a great shoe but are no doubt in competition to gain a stranglehold on Weightlifting shoes. With Weightlifting growing in popularity due to better access of coverage in London and increased interest in the sport due to CrossFit, this is a market with room for growth in the United States.

In what were hotly contested battles on the platform in London, Adidas edged out Nike in the amount of Gold medals won in Weightlifting competition. There were 5 new WR's set by Athletes sporting the Nike Romaleos to 1 WR set while wearing Adidas. Here are the results for both.

Adidas: 6 Gold Medals

Womens

• 53kg - Zulfiya CHINSHANLO - Kazakstahn (WR C&J 131kg / OR Total 226kg)
• 63kg - Maiya MANEZA - Kazakstahn (OR Total 245kg)
• 75kg - Svetlana PODOBEDOVA - Kazakstahn (OR C&J 161kg / OR Total 291kg)

Mens

• 85kg - Adrian ZIELINSKI - Poland
• 105kg - Oleksiy TOROKHITY - Ukraine
• +105kg - Behdad SALIMIKORDASIABI - Iran

Nike: 5 Gold Medals

Womens

• 58kg - LI Xueying - China (OR Snatch 108kg / OR Total 246kg)
• +75kg - ZHOU Lulu - China (OR C&J 187 kg / WR Total 333kg)

Mens

• 69kg - LIN Qingfeng - China
• 77kg - LU Xiaojun - China (WR Snatch 175kg / WR Total 379kg)
• 94kg - Ilya ILYIN - Kazakstahn (WR C&J 233 / WR Total 418kg)