Li Wenwen Dominates 2024 Olympics, Wins Weightlifting Gold for China
The world’s most dominant weightlifting team of the 21st century, Team China, sent six weightlifters to the 2024 Olympics. They will return home with five gold medals after Women’s +81KG weightlifter Li Wenwen won the gold in the final event of the Games on August 11. Li, 24, entered the competition with an exorbitant lead […]
Weightlifting Rule Leaves Super-Heavy Athletes Breathless at 2024 Olympics
On Aug. 10, the world’s strongest — and largest — weightlifters gathered in the South Paris Arena for the Men’s +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 Olympics. Some competitors were seen breathless throughout the event as they scrambled to recuperate while battling with the barbell and each other for medals. A weightlifting rule involving the time allotted […]
Greatest Ever: Lasha Talakhadze Wins Weightlifting Gold at 2024 Olympics
During the Men’s +102KG weightlifting event at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 10, Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia claimed the gold medal. With this achievement, Talakhadze cemented himself as perhaps the greatest weightlifter to ever step on the platform. Talakhadze scored his third straight Olympic gold in Paris — his first came in Rio de […]
Liu Huanhua Wins Historic Weightlifting Gold for China at 2024 Olympics
At the 2024 Olympics, Team China entered more weightlifters than any other country; three men and three women, the maximum team size. As of Saturday Aug. 10, China is four-for-five in weightlifting gold medals. Liu Huanhua added a new medal to the pile when he won the Men’s 102-kilogram event in the South Paris Arena, […]
2024 Olympics Results: Men’s +102KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, have finally arrived. For the athletes competing in the Men’s +102KG weightlifting super-heavyweight division at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on August 10, it’s been a long and hard-fought battle — and more than a few unexpected moments. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 1K (@one_kilo_) […]
Solfrid Koanda Was an Electrician: 3 Years Later, She Won First Olympic Gold for Norway in 52 Years
Norway hadn’t won an Olympic medal in weightlifting since 1972 (a lone gold) until Solfrid Koanda came calling. Koanda, just 25, was working as an electrician three years prior to the 2024 Olympics. Then she tried her hand at weightlifting. She ended up being pretty good at it: After being crowned the country’s first-ever World […]
2024 Olympics Results: Men’s 102KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are finally here. And with it brings the conclusion of an 18-month journey to find out who the best 102-kilogram weightlifters in the world really are. 12 men gathered to compete on August 10, but only three walked away with medals. If you’re catching up, here’s what you missed […]
2024 Olympics Results: Women’s 81KG Weightlifting
The 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, are upon us. With it comes the conclusion of a hard-fought, nearly two-year battle among the best 81-kilogram women in the world. For these light-heavyweight weightlifters, the Women’s 81-kilogram event on Aug. 10 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time was do-or-die. View this post on Instagram A post shared […]
Weightlifting at the Olympics, Explained by the Athletes
If you’ve been tuning into the action at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, you might’ve found your way to a weightlifting event and wondered: How does this sport even work? Sure, weightlifting at the Olympics is simple on the surface. Spandex-clad superhumans throw loaded barbells overhead in the blink of an eye. The strongest […]
5 Weightlifters Injured During Men’s 89KG Event at 2024 Olympics
The Men’s 89-kilogram weightlifting event on Aug. 9 was tragic and triumphant in equal measure. On one hand, there was a slew of new records set by the gold medalist. On the other hand, 5 weightlifters injured during the competition illustrated the lengths that professional athletes will go to realize their Olympic dreams. Of the […]