1.   Characters made their entrances from the two lifts and swept down the stairs to their appointed places.

2.   As one foot lands in tai chi, the other lifts.

3.   The other lift is dining surrounded by history.

4.   The second of the two lifts, the clean and jerk, is executed in two stages.

5.   The snatch is the first of the two lifts.

6.   The two lifts are the snatch and the clean-and-jerk.

7.   At the Olympics, standings are determined by the combined weight of the two lifts.