The snatch is athleticism, precision, and timing personified, but the clean & jerk is where the real championships are won. Taking the heaviest weight possible from the ground to overhead is one of
International weightlifting’s superheavyweight category has been packed with news the last couple years, from Behdad Salimi‘s knee injury to Aleksey Lovchev‘s clean & jerk World Record (and subsequent sanction for doping). So it’s been
On May 17th, news broke that several Russian weightlifters — including reigning World Champion and clean & jerk World Record holder Aleksey Lovchev — had received competition bans between four and eight years
The news isn’t a big surprise to many fans of international weightlifting, but it looks like it’s become official: Four Russian weightlifters — including (now former) 2015 World Weightlifting Champion and World Record holder
Like all sports, weightlifting has its legends of near-mythical lifts hit in training or local/unfilmed competitions, snatches and clean & jerks rumored about but never confirmed. And the most fun rumors involve the super
Following a provisional IWF suspension after his world record clean & jerk, Russian superheavyweight Aleksey Lovchev continues to maintain his innocence in an anti-doping appeal. On April 27th, Lovchev — who is still listed by the
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships have come to an end. The event, held in Forde, Norway and organized by the European Weightlifting Federation, came to an end on April 16th. Just as notable
The IWF and Georgian Weightlifting Federation have unveiled their new logo for the 2016 Junior World Championships. (Well, technically the Georgian Federation launched it, and the IWF approved it.) We gotta say, it’s
The 2016 Rio Olympics are behind us, and that means more new weightlifting world records. As with every Olympic cycle, lifters have taken their shot for record-breaking performances. We’ve put together an infographic with
The 2016 European Weightlifting Championships are right around the corner, with lifting running from April 10th through April 16th in Førde, Norway (though meetings and prep begin April 8th). It’s one of the last
