Sport: Weightlifting
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Opinion: The Sport of Weightlifting Sucks to Watch in 2024
By the numbers, weightlifting is thriving: The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships hosted more competitors than in any year prior. A…
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20-Year-Old Weightlifter Olivia Reeves Squats 3X Bodyweight: 218KG at 71KG
If you don’t know about Olivia Reeves, you should probably brush up — this 20-year-old Olympic lifter is poised to…
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2024 IWF World Cup Preview + How To Watch
A few short months remain before the Olympic torch is lit in Paris, France, this August. For weightlifters wishing to…
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Hadi Choopan Wins Again, Mattie Rogers Out of Olympic Contention — Strength Weekly 3/22
Strength weekly is bringing you everything you need to know from around the barbell game! This week, we’re covering: Here’s…
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Mattie Rogers’ “Soul-Crushing” Injury Ends Her 2024 Paris Olympic Games Hopes
Mattie Rogers has withdrawn from campaigning for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in August because of a painful and “soul-crushing”…
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Watch 19-Year-Old World Record Holder Karlos Nasar Squat 280KG (617.2LB)
If you follow weightlifting, you know who Karlos Nasar is. The 19-year-old Bulgarian prodigy is at the top of the…
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Olympic Medallist Zacarias Bonnat Receives 4-Year Ban for Doping After ‘Erectile Dysfunction’ Plea Fails
Weightlifter from the Dominican Republic Zacarias Bonnat, an Olympic medallist who sat on the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board…
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21 Doping Cases of Young Turkish Weightlifters; Fallout Drags on 12 Years Later
In 2022, Dr. Tamas Ajan and Olympic champion Nicolae “Nicu” Vlad were banned from weightlifting’s bureaucracy for life, one year…
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World Record Holder Lasha Talakhadze Suffers Knee Injury, Withdraws From 2024 European Weightlifting Championships
In a historic turn, weightlifter and seven-time European Champion Lasha Talakhadze (+109KG, GEO) withdrew from the final day of the…
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IWF General Secretary Antonio Urso To Retire From Weightlifting
Antonio Urso, one of the leading campaigners against corruption in weightlifting over the past three decades, and overseer of Italy’s…
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