Weightlifter Xiang Yanmei (76KG) Sets Unofficial 157-Kilogram Clean & Jerk World Record
China is known for its dominant presence on the international weightlifting stage, a trend that continues when its doors are...
Weight Lifting
8-Year-Old Weightlifter Rory van Ulft (30KG) Deadlifts 90 Kilograms
Imagine being eight years old and stepping up to a barbell loaded with weight plates that stand as tall as...
2021 IWF World Championships and Electoral Congress Set for December in Uzbekistan
On Sept. 9, 2021, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Executive Board announced that the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) will...
“The Weight” Director Discusses Casting, Filming, and the Fight to Save Weightlifting
Adam Scheiner is working on a lifelong passion project. The director, producer, and writer of American weightlifting’s first feature-length film...
Sick Angles for the World’s Best Weightlifters (w/ Steve Galvan)
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Weightlifter Lu Delin (81KG) Snatches 190 Kilograms From Blocks Ahead of Chinese National Games
Team China seems to have a bottomless pit of world-class weightlifters at their disposal. On Sept. 1, 2021, Lu Xiaojun...
Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze (+109KG) Snatches 225 Kilograms In Training…Again
Lasha Talakhadze must have a recurring subscription to strength gains. In the early hours of Saturday, August 21, 2021, a...
Katherine Nye’s Reddit AMA — Her Training, Mindset, and Future in Weightlifting
At the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Team USA member Katherine Nye earned a silver medal in the 76-kilogram weight...
Weightlifter Mir Mostafa Javadi (81KG) Hits Unofficial 208-Kilogram World Record Clean & Jerk
On August 16, 2021, a video appeared on Instagram from Iranian weightlifter Mir Mostafa Javadi. In the video, the 21-year-old...
Olympic Weightlifting Champion Hidilyn Diaz Lifted Water Jugs and Suitcases During Lockdown
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