While some towns in Iraq are known for producing oil or textiles, Badra boasts its own special conveyer belt -- churning out weightlifting champions.
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Taiwanese double Olympic champion weightlifter Hsu Shu-ching will not go for a third gold at Tokyo in 2020 after announcing her retirement following a spate of injuries.
India's weightlifting boss vowed Friday to fight a doping suspension for Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Sanjita Chanu, who is facing a four-year ban.
Transgender athletes face the painful challenge of gaining acceptance and overcoming prejudice as sports federations grapple with the thorny question of how to balance women's rights and fair competition.
Her sinews stretched above the neckline of a long-sleeved training top, 20-year-old Egyptian Sara Samir propels a barbell with more than 90 kilos above her head, before the weights smash back to earth.
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Three Armenian freestyle wrestlers lost their fight to Azerbaijani rivals in the quarter round of the 2018 European Weightlifting Championship in Kaspiysk (Russia).
Armenia will send only two participants to the 2020 Olympic Games set to be held in Tokyo, Japan.
