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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Weightlifter Hampton Morris made history on Wednesday, becoming the first American man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal since 1984. Morris won bronze after hoisting a combined weight of 298 ...

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 ...