The third weight category to compete at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was the Men's 67-kilogram weight class. Group B competed on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at 10:50 p.m. EST. Group A competed on ... Continue Reading
2020 Olympic Games Weightlifting Results — Men’s 61-Kilograms
The second weight category to compete at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was the Men's 61-kilogram weight class. Groups B competed on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at 10:50 p.m. EST. Group A competed ... Continue Reading
Hou Zhihui of China Wins Women’s Weightlifting 49KG Session at 2020 Olympic Games
The first weight category to compete at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was the Women's 49-kilogram weight class. Group B competed on Friday, July 23rd, 2021, at 8:50 p.m. EST and Group A competed ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Caine Wilkes (+109KG)
Caine Wilkes will be competing in arguably one of the most hotly contested weight classes — +109 kilograms — at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The Matthews, NC native is making his Olympic debut ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Wes Kitts (109KG)
Thirty-one-year-old Wesley Kitts is one of eight Americans traveling to Tokyo Japan to compete in the weightlifting portion of the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games. Kitts, who hails from Knoxville, TN, ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Sarah Robles (+87KG)
Sarah Robles probably doesn't need an introduction. The 33-year-old, who hails from San Jacinto, CA, is the most experienced member of Team USA's weightlifting squad. The 2020 Games is Robles' third ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Mattie Rogers (87KG)
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, 25-year-old Martha Ann "Mattie" Rogers will make her Olympic debut representing the USA in the 87-kilogram class. Rogers is originally from Apopka, FL, but trains at ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Kate Nye (76KG)
Kate Nye is on a mission. At only 22 years of age, the Detroit-area native has experienced a meteoric rise to the top of the field in American weightlifting since her competitive debut only five years ago ... Continue Reading
Meet Team USA Olympic Weightlifter Jourdan Delacruz (49KG)
At 23 years of age, Jourdan Delacruz will make her Olympics debut at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, representing the USA in the 49-kilogram class. Originally from Wylie, TX, Delacruz trains out ... Continue Reading
Team USA Weightlifter Kate Nye Crushes a 153-Kilogram Jerk PR
On July 15, Team USA weightlifter Kate Nye took to social media with a video of a new PR in the jerk — a truly astonishing 153-kilograms (337 pounds). An important note: Although this jerk PR is ... Continue Reading
Athletes Will Be Served Medals On Trays In Contactless 2020 Olympic Ceremonies
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony on July 23, 2021, fast approaching, yet another change will impact the international event in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During all medal ... Continue Reading
How to Watch Weightlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics — Live Streaming, Broadcasts, and More
After a particularly tumultuous qualification cycle rife with delays and controversy surrounding weightlifting’s status as an Olympic event, lifters from around the globe will compete in Tokyo, Japan, from ... Continue Reading
The Full 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Weightlifting Roster
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games opening ceremony will occur on July 23, 2021. Weightlifting will begin with the Women's 49-kilogram weight class competing on July 24 and conclude with the Men's +109-kilogram ... Continue Reading
Team USA Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Hits 110-kilogram Push Press, Then Busts a Move
Team USA member Mattie Rogers will represent the USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, where she will compete in the 87-kilogram class. The Games kick off on July 23, 2021, and her division is scheduled to ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Hampton Morris Sets Youth World Record With 155-Kilogram Clean & Jerk
Hampton Morris, 17, made a big splash Saturday, July 10 at the 2021 Junior Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Manizales, Colombia. Competing in the 61-kilogram weight class, Morris clean & ... Continue Reading
Turkish Weightlifter Daniyar Ismayilov Faces Possible 8-Year Ban After Doping Charge
Daniyar Ismayilov, who won silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in the now-defunct Mens’ 69-kilogram category, is facing a possible four to eight-year suspension from competition following a drug-related ... Continue Reading
Rogers Claims Records — 2021 USA Weightlifting National Championships Results
The weightlifting champions of the United States have been crowned. The 2021 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships took place from June 26 through July 4 in Detroit, MI. The event saw male and ... Continue Reading
IWF Congress Approves Proposals From ITA and WADA, Adjourns Without Finalized Constitution
On June 30, 2021, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Congress met as a group for the first time in two years with the intent to approve the proposed reforms to the IWF Constitution. ... Continue Reading
Nicolae Vlad and Hasan Akkus Step Down From IWF Executive Board
In the aftermath of the release of its report into 146 previously unsolved doping-related cases between the years 2009 to 2019, the International Testing Agency (ITA) asserted anti-doping rules violations ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Katherine Nye Hits 114 Kilogram Snatch PR in Training
Whether she's excited about it being Friday or that her first Olympic Games is on the horizon (it is the Olympics), Katherine Nye channeled some feel-good energy to set a new snatch PR of 114 kilograms. ... Continue Reading
New ITA Report Reveals Doping Violations, Corruption, and Cover-Ups in Weightlifting
On June 24, the International Testing Agency (ITA) released its report that shared findings in 146 previously unsolved doping-related cases between the years 2009 to 2019 following an eight-month-long ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard Will Be the First Openly Transgender Athlete to Compete at the Olympics
Laurel Hubbard is set to make history by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Olympic Games. The 43-year-old Auckland native will participate in the Womens’ +87-kilogram ... Continue Reading
Romanian Weightlifting Federation Suspended Ahead of Tokyo Olympic Games
An IWF press release has confirmed the one-year provisional suspension of the Federatia Romana de Haltere (FRH), Romania’s national weightlifting federation, after the International Testing Agency (ITA) ... Continue Reading
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Refugee Olympic Team Members Announced
Tuesday, June 8, 2021, marked a special day for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. According to the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) announcement, 29 athletes from 11 different countries were named to ... Continue Reading