Weightlifting

China's Yanmei Xiang becomes a weighlifting Olympic champion in the women's 69kg event at Rio 2016.

Rio 2016 | Olympic Games

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Xiang wins weighlifting gold for China

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

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Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

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After spectacular and competitive battles on the Olympic podium in Paris, the 2024 World Championships are tipped to be another exciting event for weightlifting enthusiasts.
The competition returns to Asia, with Manama hosting the sport's second-biggest event this year after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Reigning Olympic champions Karlos Nasar,

Bulgaria’s Olympic champion Karlos Nasar is among the stars who will be competing at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships in Bahrain, from 6-15 December.

2024 World Weightlifting Championships: Preview & schedule

Solfrid Koanda of Norway broke two Olympic records and made history for her country by winning gold in the women’s 81kg at a bustling South Paris Arena on Saturday, 10 August.
The 25-year-old reached new heights with a snatch of 121kg and a clean & jerk Olympic record 152kg. Her

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Eila Amena Koanda Solfrid of Team Norway performs to set new Olympic Record of 154kg in Clean & Jerk in the Weightlifting Women's 81kg on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at South Paris Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

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Solfrid Koanda breaks two Olympic records to win women’s 81kg gold

The best lifters on the planet are about to descend upon Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, for the 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships from 4-17 September, which will be broadcast live on Olympic Channel.
This is one of two mandatory qualifying events for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the

Indonesia's four-time Olympic medallist Eko Yuli Irawan will compete at the 2023 IWF World Championships in Riyadh

IWF World Weightlifting Championships 2023: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier live

Paris 2024

Rio 2016

This session includes the Women's 81kg which took place at the South Paris Arena 6, France, on the 10/08/24. Solfrid Eila Amena Koanda (NOR) claimed Gold, Sara Ahmed (EGY) took Silver and Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera (ECU) completed the podium.

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