Before her final attempt of a roller-coaster 49kg women's event ... to win an Olympic medal. After her prominent role in a night of high drama, Cambei staunchly defended weightlifting's position ...

China's Li Fabin retained his Olympic 61-kilogramme title as the first gold of the weightlifting competition ... another 5kg back. In the snatch round, Li set what will be the first of many ...

Chinese weightlifter Shi Zhiyong came into Tokyo with the world record at 73kg. He'll leave with an enhanced version. Shi took it relatively easy on himself in the snatch phase, lifting 166kg and not ...

Li Wenwen won the women's +81 kilogram division to give China five gold ... gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Overjoyed to be back at the Olympics, Canada's ...