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 […]
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 […]
Weightlifter Jiang Huihua (49KG) Sets 120KG Clean & Jerk World Record at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships
Team China has set the tone. On the second day of competition, 49-kilogram weightlifter Jiang Huihua set the first new world records of the International Weightlifting Federation‘s (IWF) 2023 World Weightlifting Championships (WWC). Huihua clean & jerked a monstrous 120 kilograms, or 264.5 pounds, to win what commentators called “the most competitive session of women’s 49-kilo […]
How an Unexpected Phone Call Could Get 36-Year-Old Weightlifter Caine Wilkes Back to the Olympics
When a tendon snaps off of the bone, it feels more like a dull pop than the crack of a whip. If you’re distracted at that moment, say by the cold kiss of a steel bar slamming into your clavicles, you might not even notice it. At least, that’s how Caine Wilkes describes it. Wilkes […]
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 […]
How to Watch the 2023 IWF World Weightlifting Championships
When the 2023 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Weightlifting Championships (WWC) kick off, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, will be less than a year away. About ten months, in fact. In the sport of weightlifting, a lot can change in ten months — but not that much. This year’s WWC is the first […]