Olivia Reeves (81KG) Wins Gold Medal, Sets New Records at 2023 Pan American Games
With weightlifting officially confirmed for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, keen eyes are turning towards the sport’s rising stars. And 20-year-old Olivia Reeves’ star is absolutely soaring. At the 2023 Pan American Games, a multi-sport international event held every four years and which runs from Oct. 21 to 24 in Santiago, Chile, Reeves […]
Meredith Alwine (71KG) Wins Bronze Medal for USA at 2023 Pan American Games
If you’re a fan of Olympic lifting, you’ve been downright spoiled in the back half of 2023, as many of the most important weightlifting competitions of the year are being held between September and December. If you’re American weightlifter Meredith Alwine, you’re probably over the moon — after all, you just won a medal at […]
Weightlifter Cesar Flores Credits Beltless Squats for Helping Him Hit This 320KG (705LB) Paused 2-Rep Max
Despite not competing in the back squat like their powerlifting counterparts, Olympic lifters possess some of the strongest squats in the strength training game. Case in point: On Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, American weightlifter Cesar Flores (+109KG) posted a truly massive squat to social media — 320 kilograms, or 705.4 pounds. For a set of […]
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. […]
USA Weightlifting Announces Roster for Upcoming 2023 Pan American Games
The 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships may be over, but the best Olympic lifters in the United States still have their work cut out for them before the year comes to a close. On Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, USA Weightlifting announced its roster for the upcoming 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The Games’ weightlifting […]
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 […]