Weightlifting Will Officially Be Held at 2028 Olympic Games
Californians will feel a very different earth-shattering sensation than they’re used to in the summer of 2028; that of barbells hitting the platform in the Olympic stadium. On Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, news broke that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed weightlifting’s status as a Games event for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. […]
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (73KG) Sets 201KG Clean & Jerk World Record at 19th Asian Games
Less than a month after his silver-medal performance at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships, 73-kilogram Rahmat Erwin Abdullah of Indonesia has set his latest world record. Abdullah, who competed at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Oct. 3, 2023, set a 201-kilogram (443.1-pound) world record clean & jerk. Paired with a 158-kilogram snatch, Abdullah’s […]
2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships Highlights & Best Moments
When the final barbell hit the floor on Sep. 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France were 313 days away. The heat is officially on for weightlifters aiming at the Olympic podium. The 2023 International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) was the first of two mandatory competitions required […]
Weightlifter Ali Rubaiawi (+109, IRQ) Hits 198-Kilogram Junior World Record Snatch at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
As the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) wound down, fans were still hoping to see at least one new world record. Most would expect it to come from none other than Georgia’s Lasha Talakhadze, but in fact, the final record of the 2023 WWC went to Iraq’s Ali Rubaiawi. Rubaiawi, 19, […]
Liang Xiaomei (81KG) Sets 159-Kilogram Clean & Jerk World Record at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
Team China has inked itself into the weightlifting record books … again. On Friday, Sep. 15, weightlifter Liang Xiaomei set the first Senior world record in the Women’s 81-kilogram division. She lifted 159 kilograms (350.5 pounds) in the clean & jerk at the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) to win the […]
Garik Karapetyan (102KG) Sets 183KG Snatch Junior World Record at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
The International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) has been anything but unexciting. This year’s WWC, which runs from Sep. 4 to 17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is the final Worlds before the 2024 Olympic Games kick off in Paris, France next summer. On Sep. 14, Armenian weightlifter Garik Karapetyan added to the […]
USA’s Olivia Reeves Sets Junior World Records, Wins Bronze Medal at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
American weightlifting is on the rise. On Wednesday, Sep. 13, 2023, Team USA scored big wins at the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) 2023 World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. During the Women’s 71-kilogram event, weightlifter Olivia Reeves set a slew of new records and won bronze overall — tallying six in total for the […]
Liao Guifang (71KG) Scores Clean & Jerk and Total World Records at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
Riyadh runs red. Halfway through the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC), Team China has amassed more gold medals than any other country — and it’s not close. On Wednesday, Sep. 13, China furthered their lead after weightlifter Liao Guifang set two new world records in the highly-competitive 71-kilogram Group A session. […]
Iran’s Mir Mostafa Javadi Wins Men’s 89KG Division in Major Upset at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
As the Iranian flag was raised in the stadium, commentators at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) remarked that they had just witnessed one of the most surprising upsets in years. In a move no one had expected, Iranian weightlifter Mir Mostafa Javadi won the highly-competitive Men’s 89-Kilogram Group A division on Sep. 11 in […]
Rahmat Erwin Abdullah (81KG) Sets 209-Kilogram Clean & Jerk World Record at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
Indonesia’s Rahmat Erwin Abdullah is the dark horse of men’s weightlifting. Since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Abdullah has made a name for himself as a podium contender in both the 73 and 81-kilogram divisions by lifting monstrous weights out of the less-competitive “Group B” sessions. On Sep. 11, 2023, Abdullah did just that. He […]