Olympic weightlifting news, records and championship reports.
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Tatiana Kashirina is a five-time gold medalist and World Champion for the International Weightlifting Federation who has just been found to be in violation of anti-doping…
A four-foot tall Rory van Ulft from Ottowa revealed that she clears her mind when she wants to lift 80kg. She started lifting weights during her…
When it comes to improving your strength, it’s important that you are regularly lifting heavy. There are a number of training tools that you may want…
Muscle power is critical for optimal performance in sports or if you want to be as physically capable as possible. Power is the ability to generate…
The world has lost another icon, as well as a brother in iron, as David Prowse has passed away. He was 85 years old at the…
It was October 13, of this year when the IWF Executive Board met in the absence of their Interim President Ursula Papandrea to vote to replace…
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has made some big changes in their leadership recently. This has both USA Weightlifting and the IOC expressing concerns about what…
There have been a whirlwind of reports coming out of the weightlifting world, regarding investigations on Russian athletes for Doping violations. Now it seems that the…
Junior powerlifting champion CJ Cummings sinks another personal best with his most recent clean and jerk at 429lbs/195kg. The lengths some will go to for a…
Current snatch record holder Lasha Talakhadze from Georgia (the country) went full beast mode at a national Georgian weightlifting competition over the weekend. He pulled off…
Olympic weightlifting is the original strength sport. Before powerlifting and bodybuilding were officially recognized, Olympic lifting was a popular activity. There are two official Olympic weightlifting…
The last few years have seen Japanese weightlifter Toshiki Yamamoto blossoming into a highly talented competitor. He put those talents on display recently, with an insane…
Along with the deadlift, the squat is the ultimate test of lower extremity strength and power. There are few exercises that develop the glutes, quads, hamstrings,…
Retirement isn’t just for the 60+ crowd, especially when you’re a multiple-time weightlifting champion. This was surely the case for 22-year-old Rebeka Koha of Latvia who…
Katherine Nye is a weightlifting legend who was world champion (youngest ever at 21) last year in the -71kg category which earned her the accolade of…
Some heartbreaking news has struck the weightlifting community, as Antonio Krastev has reportedly passed away. He was just 58 years of age. Born October 10th, 1961,…
Since the infamous Russian Doping scandal, there has been a negative cloud hanging over the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). Now an investigation into the IWF’s President,…
Every male athlete is expected to be strong, but obviously some are stronger than others. Today we take a look at those athletes who were a…
There are plenty of great resources and articles for building muscle at home. But we wanted to offer more strength-focused workout ideas for strength athletes and…
