A 17-year-old champion powerlifter was crushed to death by her own 270kg barbell which snapped her neck in a gym.

Muattar Nabieva of Uzbekistan set the Olympic record of 98kg in the snatch, where Diaz was unable to complete her attempt at 99kg. Nabieva was less of a factor in the clean and jerk and wound up in ...

An Italian Olympic weightlifter won bronze at the 2024 Paris Games while on trial for rape in his home country, according to a new report on Tuesday. Antonino Pizzolato placed third for Italy in ...

The Braden River Weightlifting program has come leaps and bounds since head coach Jordan Borges has taken over in 2021. One ...

Lake Wales' weightlifting coaching staff emboldened Josh Canet to get back on track and set records. It's been a whirlwind of ...

The first openly transgender Olympian to compete in a different gender category to that assigned at birth said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark appearance at the ...

Who better to learn more about squat mobility than former Olympic weightlifter and mobility coach Sonny Webster? Webster is a hive of mobility knowledge. Given he throws very heavy weights ...

Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israelis, including at the Olympics. (JTA) — Iran’s weightlifting federation banned one of its athletes for life after he shook hands and posed ...

Powerlifting champion Yashtika was attempting a 270-kg squat when tragedy struck Yashtika had recently won gold and silver medals in two categories in the 33rd National Bench Press Championship ...

The Olympic weightlifter is now entering the final stages of her training for Paris 2024, but she takes a break to talk to Strong Women about the journey she’s been on over the last couple of ...

Ghanaian female weightlifter Marie Agbah-Hughes has revealed that lack of financial support and injuries have been among the biggest challenges in her weightlifting endeavors. She explained that ...

Ghanaian female weightlifter Marie Agbah-Hughes has expressed her ambition to win more prestigious medals as she continues to compete in the sport. According to her, she has already won bronze ...