This week, dozens of the world’s best weightlifters will be competing in one of the most exciting weightlifting events of the year: the IWF Grand Prix, which is being held in Lima, Peru. Hosted by the ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Makes the Heaviest Clean & Jerk Ever Caught On Film (267kg/588.6lbs!)
It feels like just yesterday that Lasha Talakhadze put on a world record setting performance at the 2019 IWF Weightlifting World Championships. Plenty of records fell at the event, but Lasha's ... Continue Reading
Egyptian Weightlifter Mohamed Ihab Announces Retirement
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) ... Continue Reading
Kianoush Rostami and Saeid Alihosseini’s 2020 Tokyo Contention Appears Bleak
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 ... Continue Reading
Li Wenwen Sets Two World Records At Weightlifting World Championships
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 ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Sets New World Record for Heaviest Total of All Time
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 ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 8 Recap
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 ... Continue Reading
Jenny Arthur Wins Bronze At Weightlifting World Championships
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 ... Continue Reading
BarBend’s Five BIGGEST Lifts From 9/15 – 9/21 (VIDEO)
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 to world record ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 7 Recap
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 A ... Continue Reading
Lu Xiaojun Overcomes Injury To Set New World Records And Win His Fifth Weightlifting World Championship
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 ... Continue Reading
Katherine Nye Sweeps Gold, Sets Junior World Record At Weightlifting World Championships
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 to ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 3 Recap
The third day of the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with a rarely seen record setting performance by Uzbekistan’s Adkhamjon Ergashev. The twenty year old set ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 2 Recap
The second day of competition at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand has concluded with the Chinese Weightlifting team setting and resetting four World Records ... Continue Reading
2019 IWF World Championships Day 1 Recap
The first day of competition has concluded in Pattaya, Thailand at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships. The highlight of the day came in the men’s 55KG category, where North Korea’s Om Chul Yun ... Continue Reading
Lasha Talakhadze Shows Off An Insanely Smooth 120kg No Contact Muscle Snatch Triple
The 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships are officially underway, and +109kg world record holding weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze has already gotten our ... Continue Reading
Om Yun-Chol (55kg) Clean & Jerks 166kg And Totals 294kg For New World Records
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea's Om Yun-Chol (-55kg) has kicked off the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships on top with a massive 166kg clean & ... Continue Reading
No Egyptian Weightlifters Will Be Competing At The 2019 IWF World Championships
There will not be any Egyptian weightlifters competing at the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships this month due to multiple doping offenses that have surfaced. Inside the ... Continue Reading
How to Watch the 2019 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships is the biggest weightlifting competition of the year and it's about to get underway. The competition kicks off on ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate 2019 IWF World Championships Preview
Earlier this week, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) published the preliminary start list for the 2019 Weightlifting World Championships. This year IWF World Championships are scheduled for ... Continue Reading
Legendary Weightlifting Coach Glenn Pendlay Passes Away At Age 48
With heavy hearts, we are sad to announce that legendary American weightlifting coach Glenn Pendlay has passed away at the age of 48. Multiple athletes and coaches heavily vested in the weightlifting ... Continue Reading
IWF World Championships Entry List Highlights Gender Equality Improvements
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships gets underway in Pattaya, Thailand on September 18th, and on Wednesday the IWF released the entry list for the ... Continue Reading
Watch Kate Nye Clean 142kg/312lb for a New PR
USA weightlifter Katherine Nye (-71kg) is gearing up for the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships, which are taking place September 18th through the 27th in ... Continue Reading
Weightlifter Ilya Ilyin Shows Off A Massive 180kg Block Snatch
We're just about three weeks away from the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships, and one athlete who's looking ready is -96kg Kazakh weightlifter, Ilya Ilyin. Ilyin showed ... Continue Reading