Even with World Champion Artem Okulov and perennial threat Apti Aukhadov out of the 2016 Olympics, the men's 85kg category was still a battle for dominance between two lifters capable of world ... Continue Reading
Rim Jong-sim Wins 75kg Weightlifting Gold, Jenny Arthur Sets American Snatch Record
There were several lifters fighting for podium spots, but with just two lifts, one athlete had gold locked up in the 75kg category. Rim Jong-sim, the 2012 London Olympic Champion in the 69kg category, took ... Continue Reading
Pascal Plamondon Breaks Canadian Weightlifting Records at Rio Olympics
Making his Olympic Games debut for Team Canada, Pascal Plamondon set new Canadian Senior Records this morning in the Clean & Jerk and Total. Plamondon, the 2016 Pan American Championships bronze ... Continue Reading
5 Up and Coming USA Weightlifting Kids To Watch
Gone are the days when we'd have to wait until a competition to see who's next to make some noise in USA Weightlifting. Thanks to social media, we can already see the next generation of great USA ... Continue Reading
With 5 More Days of Weightlifting in Rio, Here’s What You Need to Know
Despite numerous big names — and the entirety of Russian Weightlifting — out of the competition due to doping suspensions and/or federation bans, Rio has already featured a lot of great weightlifting. ... Continue Reading
Nijat Rahimov Breaks Clean & Jerk World Record, Beats Lu Xiaojun in Epic 77kg Battle
In what will go down as one of the most intense finishes to a weightlifting session in recent memory, reigning World Champion Nijat Rahimov needed to clean & jerk a full four kilograms above the world ... Continue Reading
China Scores Another Weightlifting Gold As Xiang Yanmei Wins 69kg Class
After an inconsistent start with two bomb-outs, China's weightlifters continued a dominant stretch of wins when Xiang Yanmei won gold in the women's 69kg category. Yanmei's total of 261kg is actually ... Continue Reading
Banned from Rio Olympics, Russian Weightlifters Compete in “Geraklion” Cup
On July 29th, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), the governing body of Olympic Weightlifting, decided to ban the Russian Weightlifting Federation from having Athletes and Technical Officials ... Continue Reading
Shi Zhiyong Wins 69kg Gold to Secure China’s Second Weightlifting Gold of the Day
After an inconsistent start for several presumed favorites, Chinese weightlifting's athletes had a victorious day in Rio, securing their second gold of the day. Just hours after Deng Wei's victory in ... Continue Reading
China’s Deng Wei Wins 63kg Gold in Rio, Sets New Clean & Jerk and Total World Records
It's been an up and down Olympics for Chinese weightlifters, with several high-profile bombouts to go with gold medal winners. Today, 63kg lifter and reigning two-time World Champion Deng Wei added another ... Continue Reading
Bizarre Sydney Morning Herald Article on Tia-Clair Toomey Creates Internet Chaos
An Sydney Morning Herald article entitled, "World CrossFit Games runner-up Tia Toomey finds Rio 2016 a different beast" emerged from Down Under on Monday night. The article written by ... Continue Reading
In His 4th Games, Colombia’s Oscar Mosquera (62kg) Finally Wins Olympic Gold
We're three days into the 2016 Olympics, and Rio has already witnessed one of the best feel-good weightlifting stories in recent memory. At 33 years old and lifting in his 4th Olympic Games, Colombia's ... Continue Reading
Report: 94kg Weightlifter Tomasz Zielinski Tests Positive for Doping, Is Out of Rio
The Polish edition of Business Insider is reporting that weightlifter Tomasz Zielinski has tested positive for the banned substance nandrolone and has been removed from Olympic competition. Zielinski ... Continue Reading
Sukanya Srisurat Wins 58kg Gold, Sets Olympic Record in Snatch with 110kg
It's been a successful Olympics for Thai weightlifting, and two of their lifters dominated the women's 58kg weight class. Sukanya Srisurat made all three of her snatches and ended with 110kg in that ... Continue Reading
Long Qingquan Wins Second Gold Medal in 56kg Class, Sets New World Record
Long Qingquan is just 25 years old, but he's already had a career full of ups and downs in the sport of weightlifting. In Rio, though, Qingquan proved he's still one of the sport's best lifters, winning ... Continue Reading
Hsu Shu-Ching Wins Gold in 53kg Class As Li Yajun Fails to Total
The second weightlifting class of the 2016 Rio Olympics has its champion, and while the "A" session field was relatively small with just seven lifters, the competition featured numerous accomplished ... Continue Reading
Sopita Tanasan Wins 48kg Gold, Morghan King Sets American Snatch Record
The women's 48kg class kicked off Olympic competition in Rio today, and the session also featured the first American lifter of the Olympics. After an exciting session — the women's 48kg class only had one ... Continue Reading
Norik Vardanian Talks Seminars, Training, and Being an Olympic Power Couple
On August 2nd, 2012 Olympian Norik Vardanian took to Instagram to announce an upcoming seminar schedule for this fall. In addition to himself, the other featured clinician will be his girlfriend Jenny ... Continue Reading
The Final Olympic Weightlifting Start List Is Published. Here’s Who to Watch
Last night, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) held the technical meeting for the 2016 Olympic Games. This included the verification of final entries from all countries and in each weight ... Continue Reading
There’s a New Nike Romaleos 2 Color Scheme
We tend to think the coolest Nike Romaleo lifters are of the customized variety, but that's not to say there aren't some solid options straight off the line. We've seen them in traditional black, bright ... Continue Reading
Court of Arbitration for Sports Upholds Ban, Rejects Russian Weightlifting Federation Appeal
Last week, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced it would be prohibiting all Russian weightlifters and weightlifting officials from taking part in competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic ... Continue Reading
Danny Camargo on Coaching and His Upcoming Competition, The Praelium
Danny Camargo has established himself as one of the most respected weightlifting coaches in North America, traveling the world to lead US international teams, give dozens of seminars and year, and support ... Continue Reading
Is the Fitness Industry About to Go Crazy Over Instagram Stories?
If you thought your favorite strength athletes, coaches, and, uh, influencers (?) were already obsessed with Instagram, it's only just begun. Today, the social media giant — which is owned by social media ... Continue Reading
Almost But Not Quite: The Ill-Fated Life & Career of Serge Reding
When we talk about history's best weightlifters, the same names tend to pop up. Vasily Alekseyev, Norb Schemansky, Yury Vlasov — these guys are the pioneers of modern day weightlifting. They ... Continue Reading