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"The Chinese system" - how China left Europe in its wake to become a weightlifting superpower

  • The Big Read

When Karoliina Lundahl first took up weightlifting in the 1980s it was a men-only sport dominated by

name was, they were going to beat us," said Lundahl, who competed for Finland at every International Weightlifting

Federation, said: "The culture of weightlifting comes from Russia, from the Soviet countries, absolutely

So many countries learned from the Russian school of weightlifting."

When a single province can outperform Europe's finest, when Russia says China's weightlifting programme

Improvement in weightlifting performance will depend more on science, technique, rehabilitation, and




Philip Barker: What sports did Paris include in 1900 and 1924?

  • Inside the Blogs

Paris 2024 made sure of the headlines when they announced they wanted breakdancing on their shortlist of preferred sports.

Boxing, football, gymnastics, hockey, rowing, wrestling and weightlifting were strictly for the men.Women's


Thailand keeps weightlifting World Championships despite self-imposed Olympic Games ban

  • Weightlifting

Thailand has agreed to ban itself from weightlifting because of its recent doping record and will miss

the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but it will still host the 2019 International Weightlifting Federation

and their potential consequences that seriously damage the integrity of the sport, the Thai Amateur Weightlifting

an internal investigation.TAWA's President, Boossaba Yodbangtoey, is general secretary of the Asian Weightlifting

Olympic Movement".There will be "wide consultation with Member Federations and other members of the weightlifting

integrate feedback from all stakeholders to ensure it truly represents the interests of everyone in weightlifting



Valentín officially completes historic Olympic triple after finally receiving re-allocated gold medal from London 2012

  • Weightlifting

Spain's Lidia Valentín has officially made history as the first female weightlifter to medal at three Olympic Games, having been belatedly awarded the women's 75 kilograms gold from London 2012 at a ceremony in Madrid.

upgraded to second spot and Cameroon's Madias Nzesso to third.Valentín, the 2017 and 2018 International Weightlifting

Dedicating myself to weightlifting for an athletic career of nearly 20 years has brought me greater rewards

her London 2012 gold medal that she is a true champion and I know she has the admiration of the clean weightlifting