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

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

Ellen Lehman took fifth place in the 119-pound weight class in the 2A Olympic category at the girls weightlifting state ...

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 ...

The Braden River Weightlifting program has come leaps and bounds since head coach Jordan Borges has taken over in 2021. One student athlete is making history for the ...

Workers wash a weightlifter statue on the median of Olympic Road in Seoul's Songpa Ward on March 12, 2025, as part of the ...

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 ...

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Mirabai Chanu, recovering from a thigh injury, has postponed her return to competition. She ...

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 ...

Kuala Lipis-born Jey Prabakaran has overcome physical injury to achieve a successful and celebrated career in fitness.

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 ...

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 ...