At the 2024 Olympics, Team China did what they do best — win. The world’s most dominant weightlifting team of the 21st century bagged five out of six possible gold medals over the course of 10 events at ... Continue Reading
Loredana Toma’s Dream of Weightlifting Gold Died at Paris 2024
If you're only a casual fan of weightlifting — or the 2024 Olympics was your first exposure to the sport — you probably have no idea what happened to Loredana Toma in Paris. But those who know, know. ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Speaks On Retirement After 3rd Weightlifting Gold at 2024 Olympics
On August 10, Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze cemented his legacy as perhaps the greatest living weightlifter when he won a third consecutive gold medal in the Men’s +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 ... Continue Reading
Weightlifting Rule Leaves Super-Heavy Athletes Breathless at 2024 Olympics
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
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
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 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
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
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
“You Loved the Sport That Didn’t Love You Back”: Luka Đukić Comments on Brother Lazar’s Death
As the third men’s heat took to the floor during Event 2 on Friday at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX, Luka Đukić was notably absent. Prior to Friday’s first event, Đukić posted an Instagram story in ... Continue Reading
Olivia Reeves Wins Gold Medal for USA: First in 24 Years at 2024 Olympics
On Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, American weightlifter Olivia Reeves made modern history for Team USA when she won the gold medal in the Women’s 71-kilogram event at the 2024 Olympics — setting a new record in the ... Continue Reading
Karlos Nasar Breaks World Records, Wins Weightlifting Gold for Bulgaria at 2024 Olympics
On Friday, Aug. 9, 20-year-old weightlifter Karlos Nasar culminated one of the most impressive runs in the sport with his performance at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. During the Men's 89-kilogram ... Continue Reading
2024 Olympics Results: Men’s 89KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are well underway. Day three of weightlifting at the Games kicked off with the Men's 89KG weightlifting event at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time in the South Paris ... Continue Reading
2024 CrossFit Games Will Continue on Friday Following Death of Lazar Đukić
The 2024 CrossFit Games will resume on Friday, Aug. 9, following the death of Lazar Đukić during the competition's first event on Thursday. All Games events were suspended immediately after as the ... Continue Reading
Tragedy Strikes Weightlifter Shi Zhiyong at 2024 Olympics
Earlier this year, in April, Chinese weightlifter Shi Zhiyong repeatedly collapsed during a routine preparatory workout ahead of the IWF World Cup. Four months later on Aug. 8 during the 2024 Olympics, the ... Continue Reading
Rizki Juniansyah Rewrites Record Books, Wins Weightlifting Gold at 2024 Olympics
Earlier in 2024, Indonesian athlete Rizki Juniansyah shocked the weightlifting world when he made a last-minute comeback to qualify for the 2024 Olympics. Juniansyah, 21, bounced back from appendix ... Continue Reading