Olympic Maude Charron headlines Canada's weightlifting team at Paris Games
Gold medallist Maude Charron, of Rimouski, Que., will lead Canada's two-person weightlifting team at the Paris Olympics.
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Cikamatana reaches the end of long road to the Olympics
SYDNEY : Eileen Cikamatana's path to her first Olympics has been anything but straightforward but the Fijian-born weightlifter punched her ticket to Paris at the weekend and is determined to return with a medal.
From firewood to barbells, no burden is too heavy for India's Mirabai
NEW DELHI : Mirabai Chanu believes she will need to lift at least four times her current weight of 50kgs to stand a chance of winning a second Olympic medal at Paris 2024 and she will have to do it with a battered body after a disrupted buildup.
Driven Barshim still spearheading Qatar's challenge at fourth Games
Mutaz Barshim was at the centre of one of most memorable moments of the Tokyo Olympics and the high jumper will again carry a large part of Qatar's hopes of medal success on his slender shoulders in his fourth Summer Games in Paris.
Ukrainian European Champion Weightlifter Killed In War Against Russia
Ukrainian double European champion weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko has been killed in the war against Russia, the Ukrainian weightlifting federation announced on Monday. Pielieshenko, 30, won European gold in 2016 and 2017, and narrowly missed out on a medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics where he came fourth in the 85kg category.
Olympian Oleksandr Pielieshenko killed in Russia-Ukraine war - ESPN
Two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko died on the frontlines of the Russia-Ukraine war at age 30, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said Monday.
2-time European weightlifting champion Pielieshenko killed in Ukraine war
Two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko died on the front line in the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said on Monday.
Philippines Olympics gold winner Diaz to keep lifting as Paris dream ends
MANILA: Hidilyn Diaz, the first and only Olympic gold medallist from the Philippines, vowed on Thursday (Apr 4) to continue in weightlifting just hours after failing to qualify for a fifth consecutive Games.