Meanwhile it was revealed that the weight was removed from his shoulders at the time of the incident by two "spotters" on either ... described occurred to any weightlifter at the Pennsylvania ...

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympics after qualifying for the rescheduled Tokyo Games due to a rule change, Inside the Games website ...

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A gruesome injury means she’ll likely never compete again but transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has prompted a debate that will endure. The Kiwi – who lived as Gavin Hubbard until 2014 ...

This is the moment things go horribly wrong for a Russian weightlifter who suffers a gruesome ... the barbell resting on his shoulders with five spotters ready to jump in if needed.

The European Weightlifting Championships have been left stunned by the horrific moment Gaelle Nayo Ketchanke suffered multiple breaks of her arm and a dislocated elbow in one sickening lift.

An Iranian professional weightlifter received a lifetime ban from competing after shaking the hand of an Israeli athlete during an international competition, according to an Iranian state news agency.

This is the shocking moment a teenage weightlifter passes out and whacks his head on a bench - before remarkably returning to finish his workout. Solomon Carter, 18, was attempting a 305lb ...

A weightlifter was “terrified” after the symptoms he initially ignored turned out to be caused by a deadly cancer. Scott Hinch, from Abergavenny in Wales, was given just three to five years to ...

Vladimir Vysotsky, another Soviet pop icon, devoted a song to Alekseyev called “Record Cleared! (The Weightlifter)." Written by RFE/RL editors and correspondents, Transmission serves up news ...

Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has died while fighting in his country’s war with Russia, according to statements from the Ukraine Olympic ...

An Iranian weightlifter has been given a lifetime ban from competing after he was photographed shaking hands with an Israeli contestant. After Mostafa Rajai won a silver medal at the World Masters ...