Lasha Talakhadze must have a recurring subscription to strength gains. In the early hours of Saturday, August 21, 2021, a video was posted on Instagram showing the +109-kilogram Georgian weightlifter snatching 225 kilograms
At the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Team USA member Katherine Nye earned a silver medal in the 76-kilogram weight class via a 249-kilogram total. Her best lifts consisted of a 111-kilogram snatch
On August 16, 2021, a video appeared on Instagram from Iranian weightlifter Mir Mostafa Javadi. In the video, the 21-year-old is seen lifting an unofficial world record in the clean & jerk. Javadi,
On Monday, July 26, 2021, Hidilyn Diaz chalked up her hands and approached the barbell for her final clean & jerk attempt at the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Her Olympic record result
Going fast is cool, being strong is great. But combining them into one movement can make your training more than the sum of its parts. The clean & press takes the explosive, kinetic
The rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan saw some of the biggest names in weightlifting culminate years of hard work by competing for gold and glory at the sport’s most esteemed event.
At the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Kate Nye of Team USA scored a silver medal in the 76-kilogram weight class — the first American weightlifter to medal at the 2020 Games and
On Sunday, August 8, 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board approved an alteration to the Olympic Charter that permits them to remove a sport’s International Federation from Games eligibility without requiring
At the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze broke history by setting three new all-time world records in the +109-kilogram class en route to the second gold medal of his career.
At 37 years old, decorated Chinese weightlifter Lü Xiaojun won his second Olympic gold medal while competing in the 81-kilogram middleweight division at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on July 31, 2021. The
