I wanted a place where women wouldn’t have to feel that way." Jamie Augustine demonstrates weight lifting exercises at her gym on on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. (WJAC) ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local weightlifter won the world championship and is sharing an inspirational message with other moms and women. Elizabeth White's daily workout starts at 4:30 a.m.

A UKRAINIAN weightlifting champion has been killed while fighting against Russia on the frontlines. Expert sniper Nina Pashkevych, 47, tragically died on a combat mission in the war-torn Donetsk re… ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A local weightlifting coach has some major “girl power” after getting the saying inked across his quad to make good a promise to his youth female weightlifting team.

After Katie McCallum ’25 came across a TikTok video of Girl Gains in February, she began looking into how she could start a women’s weightlifting club on Brown’s campus. McCallum successfully formed ...

Paris 2024 Olympics - Weightlifting - Women's 71kg - South Paris Arena 6, Paris, France - August 09, 2024. Olivia Reeves of United States in action. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli Purchase Licensing Rights ...

Tatiana Kashirina, who made the biggest total in the history of women’s weightlifting, is lined up for a return to international competition next week after an absence of nearly four years.

The first-ever men’s weightlifting World Championship was held in 1891, but it wasn’t until 1951 that a man was able to clean and jerk 400 pounds.

While the number of women signing up also rose about 125 percent, women now compose 35 percent of USA Weightlifting's current membership, up from just 19 percent in 2007.

In the male-dominated realm of weightlifting and bodybuilding, women are steadily carving out their place, not just as participants, but as champions and advocates. Behind the clinks of metal and ...