Olivia Reeves hoisted the United States to its first Olympic weightlifting gold medal in 24 years on Thursday, winning the women's 71kg (157 pounds) competition. Reeves set an Olympic record on Friday ...

The winner of the World’s Strongest Woman competition over the weekend was disqualified after it was discovered she was born a biological male. News of professional weightlifter Jammie Booker’s ...

Jourdan Delacruz, a 2023 University of Northern Colorado graduate, finished fifth in the women’s 49-kilogram (108 pounds) weightlifting competition Wednesday at the Paris Olympics. Delacruz lifted a ...

There are 61 athletes in the five women’s weightlifting classes at the Paris Olympics. Mary Theisen-Lappen is the oldest one. At 33, Theisen-Lappen doesn’t have the orthodox background of a lifter who ...

The strongest sport at the Olympics is set to take stage on Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Paris where five Americans eye the podium. Olympic weightlifting, simply known to athletes as weightlifting, is not to ...

Weightlifting has been a staple of competition since humans developed the cognitive ability to look at each other's glutes, as the echoes of a softly grunted "pathetic" bounced against cave walls, ...

Here's what you need to know about weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did weightlifting become an Olympic sport? The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 included men's weightlifting, but ...

PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the women's 50kg freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after weighing in 100 grams heavier than her weight ...

An all-women’s strength competition at Shenandoah Powerhouse Gym earlier this month set a fundraising record, bringing in $21,772 for four Waynesboro-area nonprofit groups.