Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz became the first Olympic gold medallist for the Philippines when she made a dramatic final lift at the Tokyo International Forum.

world record holder, Liao Qiuyun.Diaz made 97-127-224 to beat Liao by 1kg.She is the first non-Chinese weightlifting

lot of opportunities for endorsements and sponsors, and an opportunity to increase awareness about weightlifting

One of the most dramatic sessions of weightlifting in living memory ended with Colombia being denied

course to set a record for gold medals at a single Games.Chen Liju won gold in the men’s 67 kilograms weightlifting

China continued its superb start to weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 by taking gold in the first men’s event

since the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has gone to an athlete from Asia.Li Fabin made it two from two weightlifting

heavyweights at Mexico City in 1968, is the answer to a question that has been posed plenty of times in the weightlifting

The Netherlands barely had a functioning weightlifting federation and the sport was completely overlooked

Lots of young kids want to try weightlifting now, all over the country," Kuworge said before flying to

The skill of weightlifting is something he and his coach have been working on, almost every day, for

He went all in for weightlifting when he was 12 or 13 and he has always been very ‘sport intelligent’

We all really hope Enzo is going to have a positive effect on weightlifting in the Netherlands."

International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been told to reinstate the accreditation of Russia’s most senior weightlifting

Russia had been told on July 15 that he "did not meet the criteria for accreditation of International Weightlifting

rule violation and/or sanction".Agapitov, a Board member of the IWF, Acting President of the European Weightlifting

Federation (EWF) and President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RFUF), was suspended for a doping

During this time, I have become one of the most active fighters against doping and corruption in weightlifting

I completely rebuilt the work of the Russian Weightlifting Federation after the publication of reports

The first weightlifting gold medal of Tokyo 2020 has gone to China, as several more are likely to do

-95-167 in the B Group to finish 10th in her fifth Olympics.She made the first-ever lift in women’s weightlifting

on 181kg.Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, is due to attend tomorrow’s weightlifting

If you play weightlifting by numbers, there are many different ways to look at Tokyo 2020.

number is 485 - the total, in kilos, of Lasha Talakhadze’s super-heavyweight world record.Plenty of weightlifting

biggest stage.Perhaps in China the big number is five, which is how many Olympic gold medals the world’s weightlifting

qualify a maximum team of eight, it might be 13,000, which is the number by which membership of USA Weightlifting

be 21 - the number of years since Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea made the first ever lift in women’s weightlifting

International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued several stern warnings this year to the International Weightlifting

A Chilean weightlifter who was third in her weight category rankings on performance has had to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 because of a serious shoulder injury.

7,616 days after making the first lift by any woman at the Olympic Games, Dika Toua will be on the weightlifting

start back in 2018.Her preparations for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games were disrupted when the Oceania Weightlifting

name.Dika, left, with Sir John Dawanincura, President of PNG’s National Olympic Committee and of its Weightlifting

name", according to Sir John Dawanincura, President of PNG’s National Olympic Committee and of its Weightlifting

She took up weightlifting at the age of 10, and her younger sisters, Thelma, 30, and Konio, 22, are also

 "Weightlifting is in my blood."

Morinari Watanabe, chairman of the Boxing Task Force (BTF) charged with supervising the sport at Tokyo 2020, sounded a stark warning today on the eve of competition.

doping by Russia and last year investigated financial and doping irregularities within the International Weightlifting

International Olympic Committee (IOC) director of relations with National Olympic Committee and Olympic Solidarity James MacLeod has predicted the Olympic Refugee Team at Tokyo 2020 want to represent hope for millions of displaced people worldwide.

compete in athletics, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, judo, karate, taekwondo, shooting, swimming, weightlifting

Brazilian weightlifter Natasha Rosa Figueiredo has been cleared to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here after falling foul of an incorrectly labelled food supplement.

Maxim Agapitov is challenging a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to withdraw his accreditation for Tokyo 2020.

Agapitov, a former weightlifting world champion from Russia, was told that he "did not meet the criteria

for accreditation of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) officials".The IOC highlighted the

rule violation and/or sanction".Agapitov, a Board member of the IWF, Acting President of the European Weightlifting

Federation (EWF) and President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation (RFUF), was suspended for a doping

Federation and President of the Russian Weightlifting Federation, has filed an application with the

Loredana Toma, the European weightlifting champion from Romania, has failed with a legal challenge against

jurisdiction in the matter.Toma was the gold medal favourite in the women’s 64 kilograms when the Romanian Weightlifting

leadership of Nicu Vlad, a former Olympic champion who has stood down from his seat on the International Weightlifting

Romanians' anti-doping education efforts were "not fit for purpose" and that the FRH had clearly brought weightlifting

stanozolol in 2014, when she was suspended for two years.Romania is banned entirely from the Tokyo 2020 weightlifting

" is being investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency.In other weightlifting news at Tokyo 2020, the

Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko has reportedly been spotted in Nagoya after he went missing from his National Olympic Committee's Tokyo 2020 training camp in Izumisano City.

Ugandan people are believed to live in the city.Ssekitoleko had been hoping to compete in the men's weightlifting