JAN 7, Olympic sport: weightlifting -- artistic (poem), and standard (action photo)

 Reprise of material posted on January 7 in previous years ...

2020: new world palindromes, 1 (wordplay maps) 

2021: anagram swarm, I-M-P-E-A-C-H-M-E-N-T, again (wordplay maps)
2022: numbers and counting, seven (illustrated poem)
2023: objectionable adjectives, floccular vs. flaky (poem)

b) Today's Offering (Jan 7, 2024):

poetry lyrics: / Picky judges in scoring, assess/ What these nimble weightlifters
 express./ Large barbells they're shifting -- / No attention is drifting./
 So artistic, "Uplifting!"/ Gasp the fans as they view such finesse. 

b) standard weightlifting

weightlifting