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 ...

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 ...

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

PARIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) - American Olivia Reeves put in a dominant performance to win the new 71kg weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Friday with a total lift of 262kg, handing the United States ...

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 (AP) — Olivia Reeves tried treating the Olympics like just another competition. It didn’t work. It didn’t matter, either. Nerves or no nerves, Reeves won the United States’ first Olympic gold ...

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 ...