Weightlifting has been a staple of competition since humans developed the cognitive ability to look at each other's glutes, as the echoes of a softly grunted "pathetic" bounced against cave walls, ...

Angelina Belanger, 154 pounds, Suncoast junior: Placed fourth at Class 2A state final in Olympic with 190 pounds in the clean-and-jerk and 145 in the snatch for a 335 total; finished sixth in ...

She seemed outwardly calm during the competition, but she wiped away tears during the medal ceremony and took deep breaths as the U.S. anthem played. “I’ve heard the national anthem before. I’ve been ...

Ota Zaremba who won a weightlifting gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics before admitting to using performance-enhancing ...

Pace girls weightlifting, the three-time defending state champions, won every event at Monday's District 1-3A championships.

The Lake Wales girls weightlifting coach Tashawn Williams is one of the biggest proponents of the sport for both girls and boys. He touts the benefits of weightlifting and how it will help them ...

PARIS (AP) — Olivia Reeves tried treating the Olympics like just another competition. It didn’t work. It didn’t matter, either. Nerves or no nerves, Reeves won the United States’ first Olympic gold ...