Canadian team of 473 athletes set to compete at Pan Am Games in Chile
A team of 473 athletes will represent Canada at the upcoming Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
Weightlifting Sport News
North Korean weightlifters clean up in Hangzhou but won't be at Olympics
HANGZHOU: The superheavyweight giants wrap up the Asian Games weightlifting on Saturday (Oct 7) but it was the North Koreans' stunning return after four years that raised eyebrows in Hangzhou.
Liu's grand final lift snatches Asian Games gold for China
HANGZHOU: China's Liu Huanhua produced an incredible final lift of 233kg to snatch Asian Games weightlifting gold from Olympic and world champion Akbar Djuraev on Friday (Oct 6).
China deny North Korea sixth weightlifting gold at Asian Games
HANGZHOU: China's Tian Tao denied North Korea a sixth Asian Games weightlifting gold when he won the men's 96kg division on Thursday (Oct 5).
China's divers delight, Abdullah sets weightlifting world record
HANGZHOU, China: Indonesia's Rahmat Erwin Abdullah set a weightlifting world record and China's world-beating teenage divers wowed fans, but their soccer players crashed out on day 10 of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Tuesday (Oct 3).
Games-China's divers delight, Abdullah sets weightlifting world record
HANGZHOU, China : Indonesia's Rahmat Erwin Abdullah set a weightlifting world record and China's world-beating teenage divers wowed fans, but their soccer players crashed out on day 10 of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Tuesday.
Games-Indonesian strongman sets weightlifting world record in Hangzhou
HANGZHOU, China : Indonesia's star weightlifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah set a world record in the men's 73kg clean and jerk of 201kg on his way to gold in the Asian Games on Tuesday, the latest weightlifting world record set in Hangzhou.
North Korean weightlifters set another world record, dominate in Hangzhou
HANGZHOU, China: North Korea's weightlifters once again crushed the opposition at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday (Oct 2) with another world record and two more golds, triggering admiration and astonishment from some of their competitors.