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Competition Results
- International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 8 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 7 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
- Talakhadze and Kashirina Set Records on Final Day of European Weightlifting Championships
- Team USA Sweeps Weightlifting Team Titles At Youth World Championships
- Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
Featured
- Mona Pretorius on South African Weightlifting, CrossFit, and Sports Psychology
- Harrison Maurus Sets World Record and Wins 2017 Youth World Championship!
- Dave Spitz: California Strength’s Backbone for a Decade and Counting
Fitness
- Mona Pretorius on South African Weightlifting, CrossFit, and Sports Psychology
- How One Coach Is Using Strength Sports to Fight Childhood Cancer
News
- International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
- Zygmunt Smalcerz Is the New Head Coach of Norway Weightlifting
- Rebeka Koha Named to Forbes Latvia 30 Under 30
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 8 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 7 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
- The Ultimate 2019 IWF World Championships Preview
- Talakhadze and Kashirina Set Records on Final Day of European Weightlifting Championships
- Team USA Sweeps Weightlifting Team Titles At Youth World Championships
- Rogue Fitness Earns Official Status with International Weightlifting Federation
- Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
- Olympic Champion Yurik Vardanian Passes Away At Age 62
- Mona Pretorius on South African Weightlifting, CrossFit, and Sports Psychology
News Editor's Picks
- Talakhadze and Kashirina Set Records on Final Day of European Weightlifting Championships
- Team USA Sweeps Weightlifting Team Titles At Youth World Championships
- Rogue Fitness Earns Official Status with International Weightlifting Federation
Op-Ed
- 2018 Weightlifting World Championships Preview: What You Need to Know
- The Ultimate Preview to the 2018 USA Weightlifting National Championships
- Dave Spitz: California Strength’s Backbone for a Decade and Counting
- What’s Driving Nike’s Resurgence in Olympic Weightlifting?
- Pyrros Dimas Documentary Gives Rare Insight Into a Living Legend
- How One Coach Is Using Strength Sports to Fight Childhood Cancer
- How Olympic Weightlifting Announcer Richard Mason Got the Best Seat in the House
- Shahin Nasirinia: The Best Weightlifting Coach in America You’ve Never Heard Of (Until Now)
- Brooklyn Barbell Is Teaching Life Lessons Through Olympic Weightlifting
- The Gronkowski Family Made a Barbell (and It’s Actually Pretty Good)
- Who Will Win in Rio? Medal Predictions for Every Weightlifting Class
- Olympic Weightlifting Entry List Released, But Who Will Win in Rio?
- USA Weightlifting Officials Are Finally Getting Paid, & It’s a Huge Step for the Sport in America
- Over 700 Youth Lifters Competed in Austin. Here’s What that Means for USA Weightlifting
- The Farce of Drug Retesting in Olympic Weightlifting
- The Real Olympic Trials: Which US Man Will Earn a Spot at Pan Ams?
- My Week with Uzbekistan’s National Weightlifting Team: Travel, T-shirts, and Plov
- After Decades of Uncertainty, Lebanese Weightlifting Finds a Female Star
- USA Weightlifting Made a Big Leadership Change No One Is Talking About
- The Pan American Championships Just Moved. Turns Out That’s Pretty Common
- Which Men Will Represent USA Weightlifting at the Rio Olympics?
- Which Women Will Represent USA Weightlifting at the Rio Olympics?
- It’s Only April. Why Are American Weightlifters Going to Brazil?
- What the Arnold Championships Mean to American Weightlifting
Powerlifting
Strongman
Top Athletes
- International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
- Rebeka Koha Named to Forbes Latvia 30 Under 30
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
- The Ultimate 2019 IWF World Championships Preview
- Talakhadze and Kashirina Set Records on Final Day of European Weightlifting Championships
- Team USA Sweeps Weightlifting Team Titles At Youth World Championships
- Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
- Olympic Champion Yurik Vardanian Passes Away At Age 62
- Mona Pretorius on South African Weightlifting, CrossFit, and Sports Psychology
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Weightlifting
- International Weightlifting Returns with 2020 Online Pan Am Cup
- Zygmunt Smalcerz Is the New Head Coach of Norway Weightlifting
- Rebeka Koha Named to Forbes Latvia 30 Under 30
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 8 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 7 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
- 2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
- The Ultimate 2019 IWF World Championships Preview
- Talakhadze and Kashirina Set Records on Final Day of European Weightlifting Championships
- Team USA Sweeps Weightlifting Team Titles At Youth World Championships
- Thailand’s Ability to Host 2019 IWF World Championships In Question After Positive Tests
- Olympic Champion Yurik Vardanian Passes Away At Age 62
- Ilya Ilyin Withdraws from 2018 Weightlifting World Championships
- 2018 Weightlifting World Championships Preview: What You Need to Know
- Ilya Ilyin Wins 2018 Kazakhstan National Weightlifting Championships
- Canadian Weightlifter and Olympian Bob Santavy Passes Away At Age 70
- The Ultimate Preview to the 2018 USA Weightlifting National Championships
- Canadian Weightlifting National Championships: Who and How to Watch
- Commonwealth Weightlifting Records Fall in Men’s 94kg Competition
- Ilya Ilyin Eligible to Compete in 2018
- Robles and Wilkes Lead the Way on Day 3 of USA Weightlifting National Championships
- Mattie Rogers Sets New Record, Dominates USA Weightlifting National Championships
- Rogers, Burns, and Tatum Highlight Day 2 of USA Weightlifting National Championships
- Jessica Lucero Puts on Record Breaking Performance at USAW National Championships
- Women Make History at Day 1 of USA Weightlifting National Championships
- Not Competing at Nationals? Try Fantasy Weightlifting
- The 2017 USA Weightlifting National Championships Ultimate Preview
- Reichardt and Delacruz Win Medals at Junior Pan American Weightlifting Championships
- Catching Up with Luis Mosquera, the Fastest Weightlifter in the Western Hemisphere
- The Sickest Angles: An Interview with Steve Galvan, the IWF’s Official Photographer
- Mona Pretorius on South African Weightlifting, CrossFit, and Sports Psychology
- Meet the Elite Cuban Weightlifters Living and Training in America
- Harrison Maurus Sets World Record and Wins 2017 Youth World Championship!
- International Weightlifting Federation Announces Candidates for Executive Board Elections
- Ivan Abadjiev, Legendary Weightlifting Coach, Passes Away at 85
- Weightlifting Takes Center Stage As IOC Hosts Women In Leadership Forum
- American-Russian Weightlifting Relations Strengthened in Lead Up to Anaheim
- Mattie Sasser: The Olympian Weightlifting Fans Need to Know
- Olympic Weightlifter Szymon Kolecki Transitions into MMA with TKO
- European Weightlifting Championships Start List and Preview
- Caitlin Hogan Unofficially Breaks 9 Year Old American Weightlifting Record
- The Ultimate Preview of the 2017 USA Weightlifting Junior National Championships
- International Weightlifting Federation Releases 2016 Executive Board Minutes
- USA Weightlifting, USOC Release Statements on President’s Immigration Order
- American Dr. Kyle Pierce Voted Ghana’s Sports Coach of the Year
- Boady Santavy Re-Writes Canadian and Commonwealth Weightlifting Records
- Canadian Junior National Championships to Feature Top Weightlifters
- USA’s Cheryl Haworth Awarded Youth World Record
- USA Weightlifting Announces 2016 Annual Awards
- Dave Spitz: California Strength’s Backbone for a Decade and Counting
- Athlete Profiles: Amanda Braddock of Canada (48kg)
- What’s Driving Nike’s Resurgence in Olympic Weightlifting?
- Wes Kitts Sets New American Record Snatch in 105kg Class
- Colin Burns Sets New American Snatch Record in 94kg Weight Class!
- Records Fall: 2016 American Open Championship Day 2 Results
- Big Lifts in Orlando: 2016 American Open Day 1 Results
- Antonio Urso Announces Candidacy for IWF Presidency
- Weightlifter Profiles: Nikolay Varbanov of Canada, 69kg
- The Ultimate Preview of the 2016 American Open (All Weight Classes)
- Weightlifter Profiles: Lacey Rhodes of Canada, 63kg
- USA Men and Women Finish 2nd Overall at University Worlds
- Cooper and Tatum Add to American Medal Count at University Worlds
- More Medals for Team USA on Day 2 of the World University Championships
- USA’s Kerri Keegan and Caitlin Hogan Medal at World University Championships
- Canadian Weightlifter Boady Santavy Breaks Records, Aims for Olympics
- USA Weightlifting Announces Ursula Papandrea As IWF Executive Candidate
- Going Old School: Inside the Association of Oldetime Barbell & Strongman Banquet
- Pyrros Dimas Documentary Gives Rare Insight Into a Living Legend
- Hayley Reichardt Wins First Medal for USA Weightlifting at Youth Worlds
- Athletes to Watch at the 2016 Youth World Weightlifting Championships
- How One Coach Is Using Strength Sports to Fight Childhood Cancer
- Weightlifter Profiles: Wes Kitts of California Strength (105kg)
- How Olympic Weightlifting Announcer Richard Mason Got the Best Seat in the House
- Houston IWF World Championships Wins Prestigious SportsTravel Award
- IWF Approves 8th Women’s Weight Class, Eliminates Bodyweight Tiebreaker from Competition
- Weightlifter Profiles: Junior American Record Holder Megan Seegert (48kg)
- Shahin Nasirinia: The Best Weightlifting Coach in America You’ve Never Heard Of (Until Now)
- Weightlifter Profiles: Anthony Pomponio (85kg) From Juggernaut Strength
- Weightlifter Profiles: Mary Peck (63kg) from Napa, California
- Brooklyn Barbell Is Teaching Life Lessons Through Olympic Weightlifting
- Here Are the 2017 Canadian Weightlifting National Championships Qualifying Totals
- Chatting with Two-Time Olympian Chad Vaughn, a Legend in American Weightlifting
- The Gronkowski Family Made a Barbell (and It’s Actually Pretty Good)
- Pascal Plamondon Breaks Canadian Weightlifting Records at Rio Olympics
- Banned from Rio Olympics, Russian Weightlifters Compete in “Geraklion” Cup
- Norik Vardanian Talks Seminars, Training, and Being an Olympic Power Couple
- The Final Olympic Weightlifting Start List Is Published. Here’s Who to Watch
- Who Will Win in Rio? Medal Predictions for Every Weightlifting Class
- Olympic Weightlifting Entry List Released, But Who Will Win in Rio?
- USA Weightlifting Officials Are Finally Getting Paid, & It’s a Huge Step for the Sport in America
- Over 700 Youth Lifters Competed in Austin. Here’s What that Means for USA Weightlifting
- The Farce of Drug Retesting in Olympic Weightlifting
- Current Pan American Championships Men’s Standings and Qualification Points
- The Real Olympic Trials: Which US Man Will Earn a Spot at Pan Ams?
- Sarah Robles On Bombing Out, Staying Focused, and Preparing for Her 2nd Olympics
- How USA Weightlifting’s Men Can Qualify for the Olympics: An Explainer
- Breaking Down Women’s Olympic Trials: Three Lifters Qualified, But Could That Change?
- My Week with Uzbekistan’s National Weightlifting Team: Travel, T-shirts, and Plov
- USA Weightlifting Nationals Day 1 Recap (and Derrick Johnson’s Double Bodyweight Snatch)
- Weightlifter Profiles: U.S.A.’s Jenny Arthur (75 kg)
- After Decades of Uncertainty, Lebanese Weightlifting Finds a Female Star
- Weightlifter Profiles: Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Nurudinov (105 kg)
- USA Weightlifting Made a Big Leadership Change No One Is Talking About
- At the Asian Weightlifting Championships, Host Uzbekistan Poised for Greatness
- The Pan American Championships Just Moved. Turns Out That’s Pretty Common
- Which Men Will Represent USA Weightlifting at the Rio Olympics?
- Which Women Will Represent USA Weightlifting at the Rio Olympics?
- It’s Only April. Why Are American Weightlifters Going to Brazil?
- What the Arnold Championships Mean to American Weightlifting