The world’s strongest man claimed his third Olympic title with another display of dominance in Paris, his unbeaten run now nine years and counting. Talakhadze, 6ft 6in and tipping the scales at ...

World’s strongest man Lasha Talakhadze will miss the world weightlifting championships after winning the last 10 combined Olympic and world super heavyweight titles.

At 33, Mary Theisen-Lappen is the oldest woman weightlifter competing in Paris. And her unorthodox road to Olympics runs through Bloomington, Indiana.

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 ...

It's time for the world's strongest athletes to show how much they can lift. Olympic weightlifting — also referred to as just weightlifting — will be on the cards for the 2024 Paris Games ...

Olympic weightlifting is back for the 2024 Paris Games. From rules to events and medal history, here's everything to know about the competition.

Mary Theisen-Lappen shares her unique path to the top of the sport of weightlifting, along with a message she hopes to send while competing at the Paris Olympics.

An 8-year-old boy became the youngest athlete from Oakland to qualify for the USA Weightlifting Youth National Championship.

Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won gold in the headline event of the London Olympic weightlifting competition on Tuesday to claim the title of strongest man at the Games.

Olympics crowns the world’s strongest man but weightlifting’s lasting problem endures Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia competes during the men's +102kg weightlifting (AP) James Toney Sun, Aug 11 ...