En.mehrnews.com (sports)
TEHRAN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – The representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Armed Forces on Tuesday won three bronze medals in snatch, clean and jerk at the first CISM Military Championship Challenge.
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports)
Delhi Police constable Sonika Yadav, seven months pregnant, won a bronze medal at the All India Police Weightlifting Cluster. She lifted a combined 145 kg, concealing her pregnancy until her final deadlift.
En.mehrnews.com
TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – In a thrilling display of power and precision, Iran’s men’s team emerged as the dominant force at the 2025 World Weightlifting Championships, held in Førde, Norway, from Oct. 2 to 11.
Canadian Olympic Boxing Team
Competing in yet another new weight category, Maude Charron claimed a silver medal at the 2025 IWF World Championships in...
Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (sports)
Indian weightlifters showcased their dominance at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2025 in Ahmedabad, securing seven medals on Friday. Sairaj Pardeshi and Parv Chaudhary shone with record-breaking performances in junior and youth categories, respectively.
WND
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Lifehacker.com
Treadmills, smartwatches, adjustable dumbbells, and more.
En.mehrnews.com
TEHRAN, Jun. 30 (MNA) – Iranian super heavyweight weightlifter Alireza Yousefi will not participate in the sixth edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in 2025.
Rappler.com
Hidilyn Diaz plays a pivotal role in the Palarong Pambansa as she serves as the tournament director for weightlifting, which is now a demo sport in the annual tiff for elementary and high school student-athletes
International Weightlifting Federation
Rahmat Erwin said farewell to the outgoing body weight categories with a memorable performance at the Asian Championships in Jiangshan, China, where he set his fifth 73kg clean and jerk world record in 30 months.
TheSun.co.uk
STRONGMAN competitions see some of the world’s most powerful people test themselves to the absolute limits.
International Weightlifting Federation
In the second half of the 1950s and the first years of the 1960s, the United States had in Isaac (‘Ike’) Berger one of its most accomplished and successful lifters. Born in 1936 in Jerusalem, his father was a rabbi and diamond setter, who then moved with the family to New York in 1949.
International Weightlifting Federation
After the foundation of the first continental federation – Pan-American – in 1951, a coordinated effort in Asia allowed the establishment in 1958 of the second continental body in the history of the IWF, the Asian Weightlifting Federation (AWF).
International Weightlifting Federation
In a country of great weightlifters in the history of the Olympic Games and World Championships, Yoto Yotov certainly ranks among the most illustrious athletes of Bulgaria. Born in May 1969, he still competes in the junior category when he earns his first medals at international level ...
International Weightlifting Federation
In the multitude of Soviet lifters that excelled at Olympic and world level between the 1950s and 1980s, Arkady Vorobyov emerges as the most successful and prolific one at the Games level, with two gold and one bronze medal.
