Weightlifting News

Weightlifter Mattie Rogers knows a thing or two about competing in strength sports.  After so many years carrying the Team USA banner all over the world (and on the weightlifting podium), Rogers ... Continue Reading

The 2024 Olympics may be in the rearview, but weightlifting fanatics like us are still doing post-game reviews. The summer Games in Paris may have been the smallest Olympic-level weightlifting event in ... Continue Reading

Electrician-turned-Olympic-Champion Solfrid Koanda made history for Norway at Paris 2024. Koanda, 25, won her country's first women's weightlifting gold medal in the 81-kilogram category only a few years ... Continue Reading

Chinese weightlifter Tian Tao retired after failing to qualify for the 2024 Olympics this spring — sort of. Known for having some of the strongest legs in the world of weightlifting, Tian despite his ... Continue Reading

The gold medal was engraved with Karlos Nasar’s name before the 2024 Olympics even began. Just kidding; they don’t put the winners’ names on the medals. But Nasar had the gold spoken for, thanks to his ... Continue Reading

Despite her historic gold-medal performance at the 2024 Olympics, Team USA weightlifter Olivia Reeves isn’t certain she’ll make a bid for the next summer Games. What is certain, though, is that Reeves ... Continue Reading

Whether you’re a fan of weightlifting (the sport), or you just like lifting weights (the hobby), you’ve probably seen Italian weightlifters on your Explore feed once or twice. Over the past few years, ... Continue Reading

When Colombian weightlifter Luis Javier Mosquera finished lifting at the 2024 Olympics, he celebrated his final clean & jerk with a backflip on stage.  Mosquera didn’t win a medal in the Men’s ... Continue Reading

The disciples who pray at the altar of Lasha Talakhadze speak of the 500-kilogram Total as though it might as well be the Rapture; the crowning and borderline-otherwordly achievement of the closest thing ... Continue Reading

Want to catch up on everything that happened during weightlifting at the Olympics? We've got you covered. The Paris Games showcased the world's best weightlifters between Aug. 7 and 11. Over the course ... Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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