One of Egypt’s most decorated weightlifters, Mohamed Ihab, has announced his retirement from the sport, according to Ahram Online. This news comes just after Egypt’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) announced it has suspended
Two of Iran’s top weightlifters’ hopes for qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are looking very bleak. According to an Instagram post from @weightlifting_me, and Weightlifting House first reporting, 2016 Rio Olympic
Chinese weightlifter Li Wenwen can now proudly claim three world records. The +87kg athlete had an incredible performance to close out the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships with a 146kg snatch,
History in the making. Where do we begin with +109kg Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze? It seems like every time Talakhadze takes the platform, we continually see him rewrite history and push new limits.
The eighth day of competition at the IWF Weightlifting World Championships just wrapped up tonight from Pattaya, Thailand. In the women’s -81kg weight class, Jenny Arthur added two more medals to Team USA’s
Jenny Arthur put on an incredible performance at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Weightlifting World Championships on Wednesday. The -81kg member of the USA weightlifting team won bronze with her 245kg total, which consisted
Each week we are blown away by all of the impressive lifts we see. These massive lifts come from athletes across all strength sports and can range from a stellar training personal bests
The seventh day of the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships just concluded in Pattaya, Thailand, and the 96kg A session was one of the best overall sessions in recent history. Heading into the 96kg
Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun swept his fifth International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships with a world record breaking performance. Lu dominated the men’s 81kg bodyweight category with a 171kg snatch, a 207kg clean &
It was an electric day for the Team USA -71kg women’s athletes at the 2019 IWF World Championships. Heading into this year’s World Championships, Katherine Nye and Mattie Rogers were on everyone’s “who
