World's strongest man Lasha Talakhadze will miss the world weightlifting championships after winning the last 10 combined Olympic and world super heavyweight titles. Talakhadze, a three-time Olympic ...

There are 61 athletes in the five women’s weightlifting classes at the Paris Olympics. Mary Theisen-Lappen is the oldest one. At 33, Theisen-Lappen doesn’t have the orthodox background of a lifter who ...

Many residents may be interested to know that a weightlifting "heavyweight" lives right in Brooklyn. Marvin Eder, a longtime weightlifter and Brooklyn resident, says he holds at least a dozen world ...

LONDON (AP) — Velichko Cholakov of Azerbaijan has withdrawn from the super heavyweight weightlifting competition at the London Games. Cholakov failed to show up for the weigh-in Tuesday. No reason was ...