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.

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 ...

PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Karlos Nasar raised the roof of the Paris Expo with a world record-breaking performance to take the men's 89kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Li Fabin of China defended his Olympic weightlifting title on Wednesday, winning the men's 61-kilogram division, while Hampton Morris became the first American man to earn a weightlifting medal at the ...

PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia's Rizki Juniansyah won the men's 73kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 354kg, setting the Olympic record in the clean and ...

The first weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics started with a technical delay for about 20 minutes, but eventually, 12 men weighing under 61 kg from 12 countries stepped on the platform. Team USA ...

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 ...

PARIS, France — 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 ...