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10 February 2023 Herzliya, Israel Clean & Jerk 127 kg Celia Gold: 2 August 2024 Israeli Championships Herzliya, Israel Total 222 kg Celia Gold: 2 August 2024 Israeli Championships Herzliya, Israel 81 kg Snatch 95 kg Nicole Rubanovich: 9 April 2021 European Championships: Moscow, Russia [6] Clean & Jerk 115 kg Nicole Rubanovich: 9 April 2021
Weightlifting has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics, in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as twice before then. It debuted at the 1896 Summer Olympics , in Athens , Greece , and was also an event at the 1904 Games .
A men's Olympic barbell weighs 20 kg (44 lbs) with a shaft diameter of 28 mm and a length of 2200 mm, whereas a women's Olympic barbell weighs 15 kg (33 lbs) and has a shaft diameter of 25 mm with a length of 2010 mm. [20] [21] The distance between the sleeves, however, is the same for the men's and the women's bars at 1310 mm.
8 December 2023 IWF Grand Prix Doha, Qatar 20 years, 134 days [22] Total 246 kg Kim Il-gyong North Korea 2 October 2023 Asian Games: Hangzhou, China: 20 years, 67 days [21] –64 kg Snatch 114 kg Ri Suk North Korea 9 December 2023 IWF Grand Prix Doha, Qatar 20 years, 269 days [22] Clean & Jerk 146 kg Ri Suk North Korea 9 December 2023
Olivia Reeves won gold in the Olympic women's 71kg weightlifting competition on Friday. She's the United States' first woman to win weightlifting gold in 24 years.
The 2023 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 17 September 2023. [1] [3] The event served as a mandatory event to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [4] The competition was previously expected to be held using two platforms instead of one. [5] [6]
Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division on Sunday to give China five gold medals in weightlifting at the Paris Olympics. Li was the runaway winner by lifting a total of 309 kilograms ...
Doping in weightlifting was highlighted during the Games due to historic problems in the sport. [5] [6] Due to corruption, [7] failed reforms of the International Weightlifting Federation, [8] and doping problems, the IOC is threatening to drop weightlifting entirely from the Olympics unless substantial reforms are made to the sport. [9]