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, ...

I have been an athlete most of my life. I started playing rugby when I was 14, and played through high school, college, and after. Sports were always my social and emotional outlet. I’d always enjoyed ...

Emily Campbell is raising the bar. The Olympic weightlifter has just won the final Team GB medal in the Paris Olympics, taking home bronze in the women's +81kg category. That makes her the first ...

Training of Chinese national women's weightlifting team as they compete for a place on the Olympic team. Training takes place in the national sports training center in BeijingJAMES NACHTWEY FOR TIME ...

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 ...