An Olympic runner takes on a whole new challenge: their first Olympic lifting competition! I've been on 50 cruises. Here are ...

Weightlifting has become a more common pastime recently, but there’s a difference between using dumbbells and barbells in the gym and Olympic lifting. According to British Weightlifting ...

However, the sport of weightlifting recognizes just two lifts for competition: the snatch and the clean and jerk. At the Olympics, lifters are tested in both disciplines in a combined competition. The ...

Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze won gold in the men's +102 kilograms, marking his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the heaviest weightlifting division. Olivia Reeves won the United States' first ...

Purpose This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effect of Olympic weightlifting (OW) on vertical jump (VJ) height compared to a control condition, traditional resistance training and ...

Norway's Solfrid Koanda put in a dominant performance to secure the inaugural Olympic 81kg women's weightlifting title at Paris 2024 on Saturday. Koanda lifted a snatch of 121kg and a clean and ...

Weightlifting finally gets underway at the 2024 Paris Olympics Wednesday ... Men’s 61kg Team USA's 20-year-old prodigy, Hampton Morris, will make his Olympic debut against a deep field of seasoned ...

Olivia Reeves won her first world weightlifting title, four months after becoming the first American to take Olympic gold in the sport since 2000. Reeves, 21, won the 71kg division at worlds in Manama ...