On Aug. 10, the world's strongest — and largest — weightlifters gathered in the South Paris Arena for the Men's +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 Olympics. Some competitors were seen ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Weightlifting Results: Live Updates + Schedule
The 2024 Olympics beckon the world’s best weightlifters to Paris, France. This year’s summer Games, which begin on Jul. 26 and run until Aug. 11, showcase five Women’s events and five Men’s events. 2024 ... Continue Reading
Li Wenwen Dominates 2024 Olympics, Wins Weightlifting Gold for China
The world's most dominant weightlifting team of the 21st century, Team China, sent six weightlifters to the 2024 Olympics. They will return home with five gold medals after Women's +81KG weightlifter Li ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Women’s +81KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are finally here. For the best super-heavyweight Women's weightlifters in the world, the moment of reckoning came during the +81-kilogram event on August 11. Here's ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 7 “Push Pull 2.0” Results: Freestanding Handstand Push-Ups Make the Difference
The final event of the day was all about inverted proficiency. It started with kipping handstand push-ups, moved to strict handstand push-ups, and ended with freestanding handstand push-ups. Catch ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Results and Leaderboard
The Fittest on Earth competed in Fort Worth, TX, from August 8-11 at the 2024 CrossFit Games — the first time the sport’s biggest competition was held in the Lone Star State. Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 6 “Clean Ladder” Results: Strength and Speed Prevail
Lift big, and lift fast, or you’re out. That was the name of the game during Saturday’s second of three events at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX. Heading into the event, six-time champion Tia-Clair ... Continue Reading
The Push Pull Evolution: A Flashback to the 2014 CrossFit Games
Athletes in Fort Worth, TX, will finish the third day of the 2024 CrossFit Games with “Push Pull 2.0,” a riff on the iconic 2014 Games event featuring one of the most well-known epic battles between two ... Continue Reading
Greatest Ever: Lasha Talakhadze Wins Weightlifting Gold at 2024 Olympics
During the Men's +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia claimed the gold medal. With this achievement, Talakhadze cemented himself as perhaps the ... Continue Reading
IFBB Pro League Wellness Athlete Daniela Schulz Dies in Plane Crash
IFBB Pro League Wellness athlete Daniela Schulz has died at the age of 30. Schulz and her husband, Hiales Fodra, were killed in a plane crash on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Vinhedo, Brazil, a town outside of ... Continue Reading
Remembering Lazar Đukić: A Tribute
I didn't know Lazar Đukić. I never met him. But this week, I cried for him. And I am mourning the loss. On the morning of Thursday, August 8, the life of 28-year-old CrossFit athlete Lazar Đukić was ... Continue Reading
Solfrid Koanda Was an Electrician: 3 Years Later, She Won First Olympic Gold for Norway in 52 Years
Norway hadn't won an Olympic medal in weightlifting since 1972 (a lone gold) until Solfrid Koanda came calling. Koanda, just 25, was working as an electrician three years prior to the 2024 Olympics. Then ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 5 “Chad” Results: Athletes Step Up on Saturday Morning
Saturday’s first event at the 2024 CrossFit Games in Fort Worth, TX, started with an even smaller roster than Friday, as Elisa Fuliano and Moritz Fiebig added themselves to the list of athletes to ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Men’s +102KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, have finally arrived. For the athletes competing in the Men's +102KG weightlifting super-heavyweight division at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on August 10, it's been ... Continue Reading
Liu Huanhua Wins Historic Weightlifting Gold for China at 2024 Olympics
At the 2024 Olympics, Team China entered more weightlifters than any other country; three men and three women, the maximum team size. As of Saturday Aug. 10, China is four-for-five in weightlifting gold ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Women’s 81KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are upon us. With it comes the conclusion of a hard-fought, nearly two-year battle among the best 81-kilogram women in the world. For these light-heavyweight ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting at the Olympics, Explained by the Athletes
If you've been tuning into the action at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, you might've found your way to a weightlifting event and wondered: How does this sport even work? Sure, weightlifting at the ... Continue Reading
Antonino Pizzolato Wins Controversial Bronze Medal for Italy at 2024 Olympics
In the final moments of the Men's 89-kilogram weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, no one in the South Paris Arena was more anxious than Antonino Pizzolato. Pizzolato, now a two-time Olympic ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Men’s 102KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are finally here. And with it brings the conclusion of an 18-month journey to find out who the best 102-kilogram weightlifters in the world really are. 12 men gathered ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 4 “Track and Field” Results: Dominance From Down Under
Under the lights of Farrington Field, athletes competed in a two-part event: a 1600-meter run followed by a sprint course with two sandbag carries after a built-in rest period. In Event 4, ... Continue Reading
5 Weightlifters Injured During Men’s 89KG Event at 2024 Olympics
The Men's 89-kilogram weightlifting event on Aug. 9 was tragic and triumphant in equal measure. On one hand, there was a slew of new records set by the gold medalist. On the other hand, 5 weightlifters ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 3 “Firestorm” Results: Fast Fitness and a Friendly Rivalry
After two long events to start the 2024 CrossFit Games, it was time to go fast in “Firestorm.” With an aggressive time cap of five minutes for the women and four for the men, there was only one thing to ... Continue Reading
Canadian Weightlifter Maude Charron Chugged Maple Syrup To Win Silver Medal at 2024 Olympics
O, Canada: Two-time Olympic medalist Maude Charron relied on the sticky, sugary delectability of maple syrup during the 2024 Olympics. Charron, 31, was seen sipping on a packet of syrup moments before ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Event 2 “Midline Climb” Results: Restrained and Respectful, Athletes Return to the Competition
The 2024 CrossFit Games resumed with heavy hearts on Friday after the tragic passing of Lazar Đukić. The first event inside Dickies Arena was a down-and-back chipper with a 20-minute time cap designed to ... Continue Reading