Weightlifting News

Two weeks before it was scheduled to take place, the 2020 International Weightlifting Federation Junior World Weightlifting Championships have been cancelled, with the outbreak and global spread of the ... Continue Reading

The Arnold Sports Festival, also just called “The Arnold,” is arguably the biggest event on the strength sports calendar. The Arnold holds big time competitions for many strength sports, bringing ... Continue Reading

In the world of weightlifting, all records are cool, but heaviest EVER is just so much fun to talk about. So who holds the marks for heaviest women's snatch and clean & jerk of all time? When ... Continue Reading

Probably the strength sport most affected by the spread of the coronavirus is Olympic weightlifting. Given the highly regulated nature of the sport, the frequency of its competitions, the huge number of ... Continue Reading

About two weeks ago, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Inspection Team, John Coates, said at a press conference in Tokyo, Japan after meetings with organizers of the 2020 Olympic Games, ... Continue Reading

The votes are in, democracy works, and the International Weightlifting Federation has announced 2019's Lifters of the Year, as chosen by you, the fans. This was not decided in a musty room of fusty ... Continue Reading

Katherine Nye has been sensational the last several years and is all but confirmed to represent the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan this summer. In the past year alone, the 21 ... Continue Reading

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) met with organizers of 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo for a series of meetings and press inquiries the past two days regarding the state of the Games with the looming ... Continue Reading

Alyssa Ritchey is a Team USA weightlifter who competes in the -49kg weight class. She swept gold at the 2019 Pan American Championships where she set United States and Pan American records in both the ... Continue Reading

Harrison Maurus is an American weightlifter who currently competes in the -81kg weight class and is what one might call a big deal. Despite only being 19 years old, Maurus already owns multiple medals from ... Continue Reading

If you follow USA Weightlifting at all, the name Jourdan Delacruz is not unfamiliar to you. After all, she holds the American records for the snatch, clean & jerk, and total in the -55kg weight class ... Continue Reading

ARD, the German broadcasting network, aired a documentary titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters on January 5th. The documentary alleged financial corruption and cover-up of ... Continue Reading

Award season is upon us! The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has released the nominees for both male and female weightlifter of the year. The winners will each receive ... Continue Reading

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) shared a press release today about the return of Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) for the results of three more athletes from the 2012 Olympic Games. ... Continue Reading

International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) sent out a press release earlier this week sharing a big announcement by the IWF Masters, USA Weightlifting, and USA Masters Weightlifting: "The 2020 IWF ... Continue Reading

German TV broadcaster ARD released a documentary on Sunday, January 5th titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters that alleges the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) and its ... Continue Reading

A TV documentary titled Secret Doping – the Lord of the Lifters was aired by ARD, a German state broadcaster, on Sunday January, 5th 2020. As reported by insidethegames, the documentary ... Continue Reading

Technical director Mohamed Moussa and coach Mohamed Hosni of the Egyptian national weightlifting team were sent to jail for four days on Sunday December 29th, 2019. As reported by Inside the Games, ... Continue Reading

Update: Oleksiy Torokhtiy has responded to recent developments in his case in an Instagram post, which we've embedded at the bottom of this article. We've also included the text of his ... Continue Reading

USA Weightlifting has announced the women's and men's team rosters for the 2020 Pan American Championships. This will be the final gold-level qualifying event for American athletes before the 2020 ... Continue Reading

Earlier today at a meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland, global anti-doping leaders voted unanimously to ban Russia from major international competition for four years. This announcement bars Russia from ... Continue Reading

The 2019 USA Weightlifting American Open Finals are officially underway in Salt Lake City, Utah. The event kicked off yesterday, however, the first athletes set to take the platform start this morning and ... Continue Reading

Yesterday, it was announced at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that the decision made by the Independent Member Federations Sanctioning Panel (IMFSP) to ban the Egyptian Weightlifting ... Continue Reading

Lu Xiaojun of China is a legend in the world of weightlifting. His dominance since his competitive debut at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in 2004 where he ... Continue Reading