Both lifts must be executed with two hands and a maximum of three attempts is allowed with each lift. At the Olympic Games, medals are awarded for the highest total weight successfully lifted from the ...

Olympic lifting has become a cornerstone of modern fitness, blending raw power, coordination, and athletic performance. For ...

Weightlifting has been a staple of competition since humans developed the cognitive ability to look at each other's glutes, as the echoes of a softly grunted "pathetic" bounced against cave walls, ...

Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga clinched a silver medal in the snatch category of the 67kg division at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Jinju, South Korea. However, he faced setbacks in ...

Mirabai Chanu finished fourth in the women's 49kg weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with a total lift of 199kg. She had a best snatch lift of 88kg and a best clean and jerk lift of 111kg.

MICHAEL REAMS stood a few inches in front of my barbell. My job was to lift the bar from the floor over my head into a squat — without hitting him. I quaked a little inside. But Reams is not someone ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Long Qingquan of China set a world record in winning Olympic gold in the men's weightlifting 53-kilogram category Sunday at the Rio de Janeiro Games. Long's total score of 307 ...

Now, news from the Olympics in the world of weightlifting. This week, China's Zhou Lulu won a gold medal and set a world record in the women's weight category of more than 75 kilograms by lifting a ...

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who is taking it easy since returning to action following a six-month injury lay-off, is targeting a lift of above 90kg in snatch in next ...

Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who is taking it easy since returning to action following a six-month injury lay-off, is targeting a lift of above 90kg in snatch in next ...

Angelina Belanger, 154 pounds, Suncoast sophomore: Won district and regional championship in both traditional and snatch; finished 3rd at the Class 2A state finals in snatch lifting a 135 total; ...