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, ...

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 not to ...

The first weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics started with a technical delay for about 20 minutes, but eventually, 12 men weighing under 61 kg from 12 countries stepped on the platform. Team USA ...

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 ...

Jacksonville weightlifter and Olympic bronze medalist Joe Dube died at the age of 81. Dube won the 1969 World Weightlifting Championships, becoming the last American man to do so. He earned a bronze ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. PARIS — The drought is over. U.S. weightlifter Olivia Reeves won a gold medal in her ...