Olivia Reeves hoisted the United States to its first Olympic weightlifting gold medal in 24 years on Thursday, winning the women's 71kg (157 pounds) competition. Reeves set an Olympic record on Friday ...

PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Chinese young gun Luo Shifang won the 59kg Olympic weightlifting title at the Paris Games on Thursday with a total of 241kg, setting Olympic records in the snatch and clean ...

Olivia Reeves lifted her way into weightlifting history on Friday, winning the second Olympic gold medal for Team USA since women were allowed to compete in 2000. In the 71kg snatch session, Reeves ...

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 ...

Mary Theisen-Lappen followed her Olympic debut with her second podium finish at the World Weightlifting Championships.

Aug 8 (Gracenote) - Olympic weightlifting women's 58kg overall results in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. Snatch Clean&Jerk Overall 1. Sukanya Srisurat (Thailand) 110 OR 130 240 2. Pimsiri Sirikaew ...

Team USA's Olivia Reeves was just 3 years old when Tara Nott-Cunningham won the country's first and only gold. Now, 21-year-old Reeves is aiming to break a world record at the Paris Olympics and if ...

France's Macron: Paris conference on Gaza aims to complement U.S. initiative French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the coming hours will be decisive for cementing peace in Gaza and ...