Weightlifting

Sarah Davies interview: From beauty queen to weightlifting superstar

For the past decade, Davies has been on a mission to promote one message - that strong is beautiful

By Fiona Tomas 28 Jan 2022, 10:00am
Emily Campbell interview: 'I’m not a typical female, I don’t look like everybody else'

Every Olympian talks of being an inspiration, but some are more inspirational than others - and Campbell is at the very top of the list

By Ben Bloom 22 Sep 2021, 9:44am
A star is born: Emily Campbell was force of nature in weightlifting heroics

Her hair dyed in the colours of the Union flag, she took deep and deserved pride of how she had worked her way up from the bottom

Oliver Brown 2 Aug 2021, 7:29pm
Emily Campbell wins weightlifting silver as Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender Olympian, fails to register a score

By Tom Morgan 2 Aug 2021, 2:45pm
How top athletes are keeping their careers on track during pregnancy

By Ben Bloom 26 Feb 2021, 7:00am
Investigation into elite weightlifting uncovers 'hidden' drugs tests and missing millions

By Ben Rumsby 4 Jun 2020, 8:26pm
Chloe Madeley: ‘I fell in love with weightlifting… then it saved my life’

By Helen Chandler-Wilde 9 Dec 2019, 8:00am

Olympic weightlifter Zoe Smith on depression, confidence and still being intimidated by the gym

By Pippa Field 14 May 2019, 5:11pm
From the Commonwealth Games to homelessness: the Cameroonian refugee weightlifter hoping to make it to the Tokyo Olympics

By Jeremy Wilson 20 Apr 2019, 4:13pm
Even in these more enlightened times, the spectacle of a transgender weightlifter is a taboo-breaker too far

Oliver Brown 12 Apr 2018, 3:31pm
A third of Cameroon's athletes at Commonwealth Games go missing amid fears they have defected in Australia

By Ben Bloom 11 Apr 2018, 5:17pm

The face of success...England's Ali Jawad wins bronze in Men's Lightweight Final Para Powerlifting

By Telegraph Sport 10 Apr 2018, 12:47pm
Transgender weightlifter under strain: Laurel Hubbard's exit may be blessing in disguise as eligibility debate rages

By Oliver Brown 9 Apr 2018, 5:59pm
Zoe Smith, London 2012 forgotten figure and interim barista, overcomes injury misery to win weightlifting silver

By Ben Bloom 7 Apr 2018, 1:31pm
GB weightlifter Sonny Webster says he spent life savings on 'unjustified' four-year drugs ban

By Ben Rumsby 5 Dec 2017, 4:50pm
Britain's Eddie Hall defeats Game of Thrones star The Mountain to be crowned World's Strongest Man

By Telegraph Sport 28 May 2017, 5:59pm
'I'm an Olympic medallist but lost my funding, UK Sport have let me and my family down' The true human cost of funding cuts revealed

By Julian Bennetts 30 Mar 2017, 8:38pm
The market-driven culture of greedily seeking Olympic and Paralympic medals has turned the funding system into a monster

Paul Hayward 21 Feb 2017, 4:08pm
14 seconds of Floyd Mayweather or six nights with Frankel - what could you get for the Olympic money cut by UK Sport?

By Ben Bloom 21 Feb 2017, 1:28pm

Sports warned of more Brexit funding cuts after those stripped of cash lose UK Sport appeals

By Ben Rumsby 20 Feb 2017, 6:33pm
What is the most popular sport in England?

15 Feb 2017, 11:53am

Britain's strongest man bench presses four women

By Megan Charles 16 Dec 2016, 3:38pm
Lorry-pulling giants eating 10,000 calories per day! The return of festive TV favourite UK's Strongest Man

Alan Tyers 20 Nov 2016, 4:01pm
Team GB finish second in Olympics medal table - the full Rio 2016 sport-by-sport analysis

22 Aug 2016, 4:52pm
Weightlifting at the Olympics: Meet these mountainous men in a bright alley and it would instantly go dark

By Jim White 17 Aug 2016, 8:00am
Vote: How should we rank the 39 Olympic sports at Rio 2016? You decide

By Sean Gibson 16 Aug 2016, 6:18pm
Olympic sports - all 39 at Rio 2016: ranked

16 Aug 2016, 10:55am
Rio Olympics 2016: Kiribati weightlifter David Katoatau dances after every lift

By Telegraph Video 16 Aug 2016, 9:49am
Horrific moment Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan dislocates elbow at Rio Olympics

By Telegraph Video 11 Aug 2016, 10:58am

Rio Olympics 2016: Thai weightlifter Sinphet Kruaithong's grandmother dies celebrating his bronze medal lift

By Telegraph Sport 8 Aug 2016, 3:02pm
Rio 2016 Olympics: 17-year old Rebekah Tiler ready for the greatest challenge of her young career

By Ben Rumsby 5 Aug 2016, 9:54pm

Rio 2016 Olympics: 100 athletes targeting gold medals

1 Aug 2016, 7:34am
Rio 2016 Olympics schedule: day-by-day planner, key highlights and guide to the big events

By Telegraph Sport 27 Jul 2016, 10:27am
Rio 2016 Olympics medal table: who has most gold medals?

By Telegraph Sport 27 Jul 2016, 10:13am
Rio Olympics 2016: The key questions and answers as the IOC decides against full ban for Russia

By Ben Bloom 24 Jul 2016, 5:34pm