Weightlifting News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian Weightlifter Dmytro Chumak has been charged with three violations of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Anti-Doping Rules for attempts to "evade and bribe" doping control officers, ... Continue Reading

Is there a weight Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze can't lift? Of course. But every time Talakhadze films a training session, it's a question worth pondering. Recently, the world record holder for ... Continue Reading

The 2021 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships started on May 21 and will continue until May 31, but history has already been made. Rizki Juiansyah of Indonesia set three ... Continue Reading

On May 19, 2021, USA Weightlifting revealed the eight athletes — four men and four women — representing America at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The Olympics will take place from July 23 through August 8, ... Continue Reading