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Ukraine’s Olympic chief celebrates limited Russian presence

  • Paris 2024

Vadym Guttsait, head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation, touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics —who must compete as neutrals — as the war between the two countries rages on. 

dozens of Russian and Belarusian athletes across a variety of disciplines —including swimming, weightlifting


IOC apologises after South Korea being introduced as North Korea

  • Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee apologised Saturday for a gaffe during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in which South Korean athletes were incorrectly introduced as North Korean.

Second vice sports minister Jang Mi-ran, a 2008 Olympic weightlifting champion, has asked for a


Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony: Flagbearers to watch out for

  • Paris 2024

The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony takes place this evening with a spectacular show expected along the River Seine in the French capital. Watch as 10,500 athletes, who have earned their place in sporting glory, parade past and the Olympic flame lights the cauldron in the Tuileries Garden.

basketball (four-time NBA MVP, four-time NBA champion, career scoring leader).Canada: Maude Charron, weightlifting


After Tokyo dud, Central Asian countries may struggle again in Paris

  • Paris 2024

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan will be hoping their performance in Paris will make up for their disappointing results in Tokyo 2020. But early predictions suggest the five nations could struggle to make an impact on the 2024 medals table.

may have played a part, but also pointed to a concentration by Kazakhstan on minority sports such as weightlifting


Doping agency says 90% of Paris Olympians tested

  • Paris 2024

A total of 90% of participants at the Olympic Games in Paris have already passed their previous anti-doping tests said the ITA, the International Testing Agency, on Wednesday.

These include weightlifting - which represents a quarter of the positive cases in the history of the


Countries request review of CAS' athlete register

  • Olympics

CAS, the sports complaints handling body, has registered new requests for review of registrations involving the sports of alterophilia, football, athletics and cycling and the countries of Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Israel and Czechia.

Saudi weightlifter Mahmoud Al Hamid has applied for exceptional entry into the weightlifting competition


Emily Campbell talks up her rivalry with Li Wenwen in Paris

  • Weightlifting

Emily Campbell is now 29 kg ahead of her closest rival in the Paris ranking, Korea's Park Hyejeong, and will be battling with China's Li Wenwen. This significant lead positions her strongly for the upcoming competition, where she aims to secure a dominant victory.

Starting her athletic journey competing in shot put, discus and hammer, she switched to weightlifting

nbsp;We are talking about Emily Campbell, the only female Olympic medallist in the history of British weightlifting

be battling again in Paris 2024.The proud Nottingham native shot to prominence at the 2021 European Weightlifting

 “People don’t know that kids can start weightlifting from around six, seven years old.


Ukraine launches Paris Olympic stamp to support athletes

  • Paris 2024

The 140 athletes of the Ukrainian delegation who will compete in Paris 2024 will be symbolically supported by the launch of a postage stamp put into circulation by the Ukrainian Postal Service. The stamp was presented last Friday at the Olympic House in Kyiv.

These include fencing, judo, tennis, canoeing, weightlifting and shooting.


North Korean athletes depart for Paris Olympics

  • Olympics

North Korean athletes left for Paris on Saturday to take part in the Olympic Games for the first time in eight years. The athletes posed for photos at Pyongyang airport, wearing white blazers adorned with their national flag and badges featuring their former leaders.

Rim Jong Sim won in women's weightlifting and Ri Se Gwang scored gold in men's vault.Thousands of athletes


Two Rio Olympic weightlifters await verdicts after failed drug tests

  • Weightlifting

The weightlifting world has been weighed down once again by fresh potential doping scandals involving

Mohamed Mahmoud and fifth-placed Alexandr Spac of Moldova who failed a drug test at the 2017 European weightlifting

Nijat Rahimov of Kazakhstan caused one of the biggest shocks at the Rio Olympic Games when he broke a weightlifting

GETTY IMAGES.Doping violations have been ever present in the sport leading to the International Weightlifting

Federation (IWF) signing an agreement with USA Weightlifting and the United States Anti-Doping Agency

worldwide.In 2021, President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach threatened to drop weightlifting


Olympic Village opening unveils curious figures

  • Paris 2024

The Paris 2024 Olympic Village officially opened its doors yesterday to welcome the athletes who will participate in these Games, which are scheduled to start in a week. The complex, located between Saint-Denis, Saint Ouen, and LÎle Saint-Denis, north of the capital, holds some figures worth noting.

different sports on the available courts: basketball, 3x3 basketball, breakdancing, handball, fencing, weightlifting


Paris 2024: Qatar aiming to surpass its three Tokyo 2020 medals

  • Paris 2024

The 14 athletes who make up Qatar's Olympic Sports Delegation are finalising their preparations in Paris. The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) is working to provide them with the resources they need. Logistics are also speeding up as the athletes' imminent arrival at the Olympic Village approaches.

Mohammed in track and field, Saeed Abu Sharab and Rashid Saleh AlAthba in shooting, Fares Ibrahim in weightlifting


Torch Relay Stage 58: A historic welcome from the Parisians

  • Paris 2024

After an emotional first day in Paris and an overnight stay in the Salle Saint-Jean of the Paris City Hall, which attracted 2,000 visitors, the Olympic Torch Relay resumed its tour of the French capital. In total, almost 500,000 people took part in this unprecedented two-day celebration.

One of them was Léon Lewkowicz, an Auschwitz survivor of who went on to become the French weightlifting


China unveils staggering delegation numbers for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

As the Paris Olympics approach, the Chinese Olympic Committee has assembled a 716-member delegation, urging them to compete with pride and integrity to enhance the country's international image.

Relying on its strengths in table tennis, badminton, gymnastics, shooting, weightlifting, and diving,