Olivia Reeves was such a breakthrough in U.S. weightlifting that an Olympic silver medalist moved out of her weight class. Mary Theisen-Lappen began this Olympic cycle coaching discus and shot put ...

Weightlifting was one of just nine sports at the first Olympics in 1896, but its days on the summer program may be numbered. After decades of rampant doping, bribery, vote-rigging and corruption at ...

It's time for the world's strongest athletes to show how much they can lift. Olympic weightlifting — also referred to as just weightlifting — will be on the cards for the 2024 Paris Games. It's a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michelle Bruton covers action sports and the Olympics and Paralympics. The Olympics aren’t over yet, but so far, the United States ...

Rim Jong-sim of North Korea won Olympic gold in the women's 75-kilogram weightlifting event at the Rio Games on Friday, as she repeated her success in London four years ago. Kianoush Rostami of Iran ...

Mary Theisen-Lappen followed her Olympic debut with her second podium finish at the World Weightlifting Championships.