Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the Olympics has truly evolved.
It has featured at every Olympic Games bar three (1900, 1908, 1912) since the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.
But it was not until Sydney 2000 that the women’s competition was introduced.
Weightlifting tests athletes' explosive strength across seven weight classes

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Olympic weightlifting at Tokyo 2020: Top five things to know

The IWF Grand Prix Lima brings the cream of weightlifting to the Peruvian capital from 8-10 November 2019.
The Coliseo Eduardo Dibos will play host to world and Olympic champions with the top 12 in the IWF World Ranking in each of the 10 weight categories (five men's and five

IWF Grand Prix - Lima

Maria Camila Lobon of Columbia reacts after completing a lift in the women's weightlifting 59kg competition on Day 2 of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games at Mariscal Cáceres Coliseum of Chorrillos Military School on July 28, 2019 in Lima, Peru. Lobon went on to win the event. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Grand Prix Lima 2019: Everything you need to know about the weightlifting Olympic qualifying event

A three-time Olympian, Figueroa entered Rio 2016 following years of disappointment with a singular goal – going out on top.

Oscar FIGUEROA

Originals

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Against All Odds: Oscar Figueroa (promo)

All the Olympic highlights from Colombia, set to the national anthem.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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National anthem: The best of Colombia in Rio

Gold for Oscar A. Figueroa Mosquera (COL).

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Weightlifting: Men's 62kg | Rio 2016 Replays

United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

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Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

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A record total of over 650 athletes from 91 countries will compete at the IWF Weightlifting World Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from 1–10 November.
The championships is the first event in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifying cycle and new weight categories introduced for this year mean world records will

IWF World Championships - Ashgabat

Weightlifting.

2018 IWF Weightlifting World Championships: Who and how to watch

Rio 2016

London 2012

Beijing 2008

Athens 2004

Oscar Figueroa wins the Gold for Colombia, Eko Irawan the Silver for Indonesia, and Farkhad Kharki the Bronze in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Great Olympic Moments

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Biography

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Olympic Results

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Biography

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