At the halfway point of the competition in Bahrain, Asian athletes have claimed all the titles so far. PRK (Democratic People ...

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 ...

However, the sport of weightlifting recognizes just two lifts for competition: the snatch and the clean and jerk. At the Olympics, lifters are tested in both disciplines in a combined competition. The ...

More than 400 athletes from 35 countries competed for the title of "World's Strongest" by moving cars, logs, big rocks and ...

The police said the incident took place around 1 PM on Saturday at the office of the association in Patliputra Sports Complex ...

The paper is titled "An infrared imaging technique for weightlifting exercise assessment." "Our goal is to continue ...

A former official of the Bihar Weightlifters' Association is under investigation for allegedly sexually harassing a female athlete at the association's office. The incident occurred on Saturday, ...

Such weight-related disqualifications, while extremely unfortunate, are regrettably common. Therefore, athletes competing in weight-restricted categories often go to extreme lengths to make weight.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) released a statement saying they are banning all Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in any international or continental weightlifting ...

JayCee Cooper, a transgender woman from Minneapolis, was denied entry into a women’s USA Powerlifting competition in 2019.