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

Former Soviet weightlifter Vasily Alekseyev, who won two Olympic and eight world super heavyweight titles and set 80 world records during his illustrious career, died on Friday following a long ...

Jowdy matched her own school record with a 215-pound clean and jerk, and hit a top snatch of 180 pounds for a 395 total score.

Ukraine's Oleksiy Torokhtiy won gold in the 105kg weightlifting division at the Olympics on Monday, taking advantage of the injury-enforced absence of top competitors to claim the title.

The five medals from weightlifting are three gold and two silver medals from the men and women’s lightweight and heavyweight powerlifting division. Roland Ezuruike, Paul Kehinde win Gold, and ...