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 ...

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It’s a warm day in June and Olivia Reeves is training at an unassuming gym in Chattanooga, Tenn. It’s tucked away in an industrial park and you could easily miss it. That is, except for the big white ...

UW student Emma Rogers, from Pinedale, competes in Olympic-style weightlifting and is ranked nationally as the second-best weightlifter in her age group. (Ryan Pavia Photo) While the world’s eyes have ...

During his interview with @EdEastonJr, USA Weightlifter Aaron Williams shared advice for football players interested in a ...

The United States’ long wait for an Olympic men’s weightlifting medalist is over after four decades, as Marietta, Georgia’s Hampton Morris lifted his way to bronze in the men’s 61kg (134 lbs.) final.

PARIS — For the first time in 40 years, an American man has won an Olympic medal in weightlifting. Hampton Morris, a 20-year-old who trains primarily out of the garage at his family's Georgia home, ...

If you’re picturing the Olympic Village gym as a scene of world-class athletes grinding through brutal workouts, chasing last-minute PRs, pushing their bodies to the absolute limit... allow me to ...

During his interview with @EdEastonJr, USA Weightlifter Aaron Williams discussed his recent offseason workout with Kansas ...