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Hidilyn Diaz back in Malaysia for training as worlds loom

Chop wood, carry water and other lessons that apply far beyond the gym.

Jeremy Lalrinnunga broke 15 records, combining national and international marks. He smashed six international records -- three youth world and three youth Asian -- and nine national records.

Berlin (dpa) - Four gold medallists from Kazakhstan are among 10 weightlifters who have been caught doping in retests of samples from the 2012 Olympics, the sport‘s ruling body IWF said.The IWF said late Wednesday that Olympic champions Ilya Ilyin (men‘s 94kg), and the women‘s champions Zulfiya Chinshanlo (53kg), Maiya Maneza (63kg) and Svetlana Podobedova (75kg) tested positive, all for the steroid stanozolol, and Ilyin also for testosterone.Three athletes from Belarus, and o...

Colin Reis also places second in one of the events in Saudi Arabia

Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Polish weightlifting European champion and Olympic medal contender Tomasz Zielinski has been kicked out of the Rio Games for a positive doping test, his nation‘s Olympic Committee said Tuesday.A statement said that the examination of the b-sample confirmed the original finding, with Zielinski testing positive for the steroid nandrolone at an out-of-competition test on July 31.It is the first positive test within the Olympic testing period which started with the open...

Muscles may “remember” in ways that will allow us to regain fitness once gyms reopen and we start working out again.

Brian Forbes found a way to channel his stress and soothe his mental scar tissue. An obsession. A mission: He wanted to be one of the few people in the

Brian Forbes found a way to channel his stress and soothe his mental scar tissue. An obsession. A mission: He wanted to be one of the few people in the

Thailand’s 17-year-old Weeraphon “Wave” Wichuma scooped up three golds at the 2021 Youth World Weightlifting Championships in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.