2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships Full Results
The clock ticks down: The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France begin in less than a year. With such little time remaining in the quad, the best weightlifters in the world have converged upon Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the 2023 International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships (WWC). The 2023 WWC is more than “just” another international weightlifting event. It’s the […]
Hampton Morris Wins First USA Men’s Gold Medal in Over 50 Years at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
Over five decades have passed since a male American weightlifter stood atop the podium at a World Weightlifting Championships (WWC). In 1972, athlete Rick Holbrook won gold in the clean & jerk — 51 years later, a teenager named Hampton Morris grabbed a gold medal in the same lift. After bombing out in the snatch […]
Athletes To Watch at the 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
From Sept. 4-17, 2023, the International Weightlifting Federation‘s (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships begin in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This competition is more than just another exhibition of world-class weightlifting; it marks the first mandatory international event in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification cycle. As such, the lifting in Riyadh is expected to be explosive. With […]