Georgian Lasha Talakhadze is already established as the world’s strongest man in history with world record lifts. Now, he’s rivaling the most iconic weightlifter ever for the greatest reign in the ...

PARIS — Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia has won third consecutive Olympic title in the heaviest weightlifting division, taking gold in the men's +102 kilograms on Saturday. Talakhadze won gold in the ...

Park Hye-jeong won three gold medals at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships on Saturday in Førde, Norway, taking the women’s super heavyweight title after overcoming back pain.

LAKELAND — Ava Jowdy partially attributes her leg strength to power skating, as opposed to powerlifting. More than a decade's worth of hockey played on the outskirts of Boston gave Jowdy a base upon ...

Lasha Talakhadze retained his iron grip on the title of "world's strongest man" as he won a third straight Olympic heavyweight gold on Saturday.

There are 61 athletes in the five women’s weightlifting classes at the Paris Olympics. Mary Theisen-Lappen is the oldest one. At 33, Theisen-Lappen doesn’t have the orthodox background of a lifter who ...

DETROIT (AP) — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields announced Tuesday she is moving up two weight classes to challenge women's WBC heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse on July 27.

No world records, but plenty of interesting action marked the final day of the Weightlifting World Championships in Norway on ...

Joe Dube, the Jacksonville weightlifter who worked his way to a world championship and a bronze medal at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, died on Sept. 8 at the age of 81. His son, Joseph Dube Jr., ...

ST AUGUSTINE — The lady lifters of St. Johns County gathered on Dec. 14 to compete for local titles and bragging rights. The girls weightlifting programs at Ponte Vedra, Creekside, Bartram Trail, ...