Must be worn outside the athlete's clothes can be a maximum of 12cm in width. Similarly to other Olympic sports like gymnastics and track and field (shotput), chalk is often used by weightlifters in ...

The barbell snatch is one of the most well-known weightlifting movements. Here’s a guide on how to do it, even if you’re a lifting newbie. The phrase “olympic weightlifting” might seem a ...

Weightlifting, all one word, is the sport that is contested in the Olympics in which people—wearing what look like old-timey swimsuits—pick up barbells loaded with brightly colored weights.

Wrong. Olympic weightlifting ultimately comes down to technique – how quickly can you drop underneath the barbell in a snatch or rack your elbows underneath the barbell in a clean? Of course ...

Li Wenwen won the women's +81 kilogram division to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics, while the U.S. came away with two weightlifting medals during the Games.