Li Wenwen won the women's +81 kilogram division to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics, while the U.S. came away with two weightlifting medals during the Games.

Weighing 2.5kg (5.5 lbs) each, a collar is placed on either end of the bar to secure the weight discs. The weight figure listed ... Similarly to other Olympic sports like gymnastics and track and ...

I recently sat down with an old friend, Sean Waxman. Sean’s an Olympic weighting coach turned high school football coach, and we got into some real talk about ...

Street weightlifting is a variant of the sport which takes the action into urban settings and city streets. It has been suggested that the format could work well at the Youth Olympic Games.

To qualify in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics, an athlete must rank in the top 10 of his or her weight class based on the official International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Olympic ...

Lifting straps can help you work with heavier weights than your usual threshold allows, and the benefits of heavier lifts go ...

Purpose This systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effect of Olympic weightlifting (OW) on vertical jump (VJ) height compared to a control condition, traditional resistance training and ...

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Watch as Bulgaria's Karlos Nasar breaks the world record in men's 89kg weightlifting at Paris 2024. Follow the Olympics on BBC Sport. Available to UK users only. Bulgaria's Nasar breaks world ...

It also hosts a revamped weights room with an Olympic lifting rack, Smith Machine and 4-in-1 rack. READ MORE:Police called to South West 'Illegal rave' as locals fume READ MORE:'Illegal rave' broken ...

After winning her second Olympic gold in Paris, Chinese weightlifting ace Li Wenwen gave an exclusive interview to China Daily's online show Tracking Success. Reflecting on her journey from the ...

They are a training team for ... big things and lift a lot of weight, and just have fun on the international stage," said Hultquist. Davis has been a Special Olympics athlete for around eight ...