By Mike RowbottomFebruary 27 - American bob skeleton competitor Katie Uhlaender (pictured), who won a surprise victory at the World Championships in Lake Placid at the weekend, has already set her sights on another sporting accomplishment.

nine days after winning her world title, the 5ft 3in racer will take part in the United States Olympic weightlifting

against Uhlaender achieving similar success in her summer pursuit.The trials will be only the fourth weightlifting

And I already did weightlifting for skeleton."

had suffered while snowmobiling the previous year which required several operations.After taking up weightlifting

It is a balancing act, and I do get overwhelmed," she says.She won her first weightlifting competition

By Duncan MackayJanuary 16 - Ghana will base itself in Plymouth in the build-up to London 2012, it has been announced. 

ago but are hoping that up to 25 will qualify for London in athletics, boxing, judo, taekwondo and weightlifting

By Declan Warrington at the North Greenwich Arena in LondonJanuary 12 - The London 2012 director of sport, Debbie Jevans (pictured), has claimed she is full of confidence about Team GB's prospects at this year's Olympics in the capital.

athletics – Dai Greene [in the 400 metres hurdles] coming through – so across the events, if you look at weightlifting

By Declan WarringtonJanuary 8 - The London Youth Games Foundation has revealed the biggest competition programme in its 35 year history that should see thousands of London's teenagersgiven wider sporting opportunities throughout 2012.

pictured) were unveiled as patrons of the 2012 London Youth Games.The 17-year-old Commonwealth Games weightlifting

It is through the London Youth Games that I first discovered my talent for weightlifting."

By Tom DegunJanuary 5 - Paul Henderson (pictured), former President of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and the man who led the Toronto 1996 Olympic and Paralympic bid, has hit out at the city as it prepares to host 2015 Pan American Games saying that escalating costs could see the competition costing as much as $4 billion (£2.4 billion/€2.9 billion) to stage.

like use Ricoh Coliseum for both gymnastics and wrestling and use Roy Thomson Hall for fencing and weightlifting

By David GoldJanuary 1 - Turkey's weightlifting federation has announced that Nurcan Taylan has failed

at the 2010 World ChampionshipsThe 28-year-old will now have to defend herself at the International Weightlifting

Federation, who could impose a ban of up to four years.Hasan Akkus, the head of the Turkish weightlifting

weightlifter marked her arrival on the international stage when she won gold at the European junior weightlifting

December 18 - Some new Aminco retail pins have been released for the US market. These pins continue the pictogram series.

Archery Road Cycling Track Cycling Dressage Hockey Judo Rowing Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Weightlifting

By Tom DegunDecember 11 - The weightlifting test event at the ExCeL Arena has been hailed as a big success

The event, titled the London Prepares Weightlifting International Invitational, saw some of the world's

and men in the 94kg category.The event was designed primarily for London 2012 and the International Weightlifting

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By Tom DegunDecember 11 - The London 2012 wrestling test event at the ExCeL Arena has been overshadowed by criticism from the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) President Raphaël Martinetti who hit out at British Wrestling during the two-day competition.

Beckhan Aldamov exited in the semi-finals.The competition took place over the same two days as the weightlifting

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final London 2012 test events of 2011 are set to take place here this weekend as the two sports of weightlifting

sport take place at the Olympic Park in Stratford for the first time.This weekend will see both the weightlifting

and wrestling take place tomorrow and Sunday (December 11) and both the International Weightlifting

The Weightlifting Test Event will be without any doubt an outstanding and memorable experience for all

Weightlifting and wrestling are two of seven sports set to take place at the giant ExCeL Arena at the

five sports have all successfully had their test events at the venue over the last few weeks with the weightlifting

By Tom Degun at ExCel Arena in London December 9 - Mark Stockwell is to be appointed as the chairman of the Organising Committee for the Gold Coast 2018 after leading the successful bid, insidethegames can reveal. 

Association (ACGA), confirmed the appointment here today where he is attending the London Prepares Weightlifting

Invitational, the test event for next year's Olympics, in his role as vice-president of the International Weightlifting

By David GoldDecember 6 - Two of Britain's medal hopes at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zoe Smith and double Paralympic Games gold medallist David Weir, are going head to head in a multi-sport challenge overseen by former Gladiators referee John Anderson.

It is through the London Youth Games that I first discovered my talent for weightlifting."

By Tom DegunDecember 1 - A potential Cardiff bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games has received a major boost after the Welsh Government confirmed that they have agreed to work alongside Cardiff Council to investigate the feasibility of staging the event.

provisionally scheduled for rugby sevens, Welsh Institute of Sport for lawn bowls, the Millennium Centre for weightlifting

By David GoldDecember 1- Two of Britain's medal hopes at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zoe Smith and double Paralympic Games gold medallist David Weir, are going head to head in a multi-sport challenge overseen by former Gladiators referee John Anderson.

It is through the London Youth Games that I first discovered my talent for weightlifting."

of the ExCeL Centre, which will stage a fistful of Olympic events, including boxing, taekwondo and weightlifting