PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China's Li Wenwen won her second Olympic gold medal with a dominant performance to take the title in the women's over 81kg weightlifting at the Paris Games on Sunday. The ...

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 ...

The total number of weight classes in Olympic weightlifting will increase to 12 at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, ...

Olivia Reeves hoisted the United States to its first Olympic weightlifting gold medal in 24 years on Thursday, winning the women's 71kg (157 pounds) competition. Reeves set an Olympic record on Friday ...

Olivia Reeves lifted her way into weightlifting history on Friday, winning the second Olympic gold medal for Team USA since women were allowed to compete in 2000. In the 71kg snatch session, Reeves ...

PARIS, France — Chattanooga's Olivia Reeves secured her first Olympic medal in the women's 71kg weightlifting competition in the Paris Olympics, setting a new Olympic record. Twenty-one-year-old ...

Jourdan Delacruz, a 2023 University of Northern Colorado graduate, finished fifth in the women’s 49-kilogram (108 pounds) weightlifting competition Wednesday at the Paris Olympics. Delacruz lifted a ...

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 ...

France's Macron: Paris conference on Gaza aims to complement U.S. initiative French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the coming hours will be decisive for cementing peace in Gaza and ...