"The more important goal for me is to help women feel empowered and strong," said Somersworth's Katie Swallow after winning powerlifting competition.

China's Li Wenwen won the women's heavyweight category on Sunday and gave her country its fifth Olympic weightlifting gold in Paris. She was strong enough to lift her own coach as well. China has ...

China's Li Wenwen eased to victory Sunday in the women's heavyweight class to give her nation a fifth gold in the Olympic weightlifting competition in Paris -- hoisting her coach in the air to ...

New Zealander Laurel Hubbard, 43, has effectively been guaranteed a spot in the women’s super heavyweight category in the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Laurel Hubbard entered the women’s super heavyweight weightlifting event. She left the women’s +87kg competition medal-less after three failed lifts.

Tatiana Kashirina, who made the biggest total in the history of women’s weightlifting, is lined up for a return to international competition next week after an absence of nearly four years.

Before heading into the soon-to-be iconic 2024 Paris Olympic Games, here's a look back at the history of women at the Summer Olympics.