Weightlifting has been a staple of competition since humans developed the cognitive ability to look at each other's glutes, as the echoes of a softly grunted "pathetic" bounced against cave walls, ...

A roadmap to follow for the weightlifting competition during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Athletes to watch Hampton Morris, United States: At 20, the Marietta, Georgia, native will be the ...

She seemed outwardly calm during the competition, but she wiped away tears during the medal ceremony and took deep breaths as the U.S. anthem played. “I’ve heard the national anthem before. I’ve been ...

Angelina Belanger, 154 pounds, Suncoast junior: Placed fourth at Class 2A state final in Olympic with 190 pounds in the clean-and-jerk and 145 in the snatch for a 335 total; finished sixth in ...

The power clean is an explosive whole body movement used by weightlifters and athletes to develop strength and power. While it began as an essential Olympic weightlifting movement, the power clean has ...

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 ...