The United States’ long wait for an Olympic men’s weightlifting medalist is over after four decades, as Marietta, Georgia’s Hampton Morris lifted his way to bronze in the men’s 61kg (134 lbs.) final.

PARIS — Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia has won third consecutive Olympic title in the heaviest weightlifting division, taking gold in the men's +102 kilograms on Saturday. Talakhadze won gold in the ...

Athletes are entering the last week of the 2024 Paris Olympics but the games aren’t over yet. Fans and weightlifting fanatics will be tuned in to watch Lasha Talakhadze compete in the Men’s +102kg ...

The strongest sport at the Olympics is set to take stage on Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Paris where five Americans eye the podium. Olympic weightlifting, simply known to athletes as weightlifting, is not to ...

Here's what you need to know about weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did weightlifting become an Olympic sport? The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 included men's weightlifting, but ...

Ancient Greek weightlifter Bybon went down in history for the feat of lifting a 150kg stone, Milo of Croton built his strength by carrying a growing cow up a hill for weeks and now there is Lasha ...

PARIS — Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S.

Weightlifting finally gets underway at the 2024 Paris Olympics Wednesday, kicking off five days of physics-defying feats of strength from South Paris Arena 6. Wednesday features two medal events: the ...

In the dramatic men's 89kg weightlifting session at the 2024 Paris Olympics, an Italian weightlifter nearly missed the bronze due to the sport's controversial press out rule. The rule defined by the ...

Weightlifter Hampton Morris made history on Wednesday, becoming the first American man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal since 1984. Morris won bronze after hoisting a combined weight of 298 ...