Weightlifting
Opinion
Olympics
Did this Georgian giant win the last-ever Olympic weightlifting gold medal?
The controversial International Weightlifting Federation has been warned – change your ways or risk Olympic expulsion. This weekend in Doha the IWF must make a fundamental decision.
- by Darren Kane
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The best moments of the Tokyo Olympics, in pictures
With the world still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of its Delta variant, in some respects these Olympics came at exactly the right time, albeit a year later than scheduled.
- by Natasya Rallios
Opinion
Tokyo Olympics
Trans women have advantages, but here’s why Hubbard should not be banned from the Olympics
On average, trans women will be taller, bigger and stronger than cisgender (or typical) women even after gender-affirming hormone therapy. But advantages are allowed in sport. Overwhelming advantages are not.
- by Joanna Harper
Transgender weightlifter Hubbard thankful for Olympic inclusion
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has thanked the IOC for the inclusive policies that will allow her to be the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Games.
- by Iain Axon
Weightlifting, an original Olympic sport, faces its last chances
Weightlifting was one of just nine sports at the first Olympics in 1896, but its resistance to change means its prognosis is not good.
- by Ognian Georgiev and Ken Belson
‘We’re not Kardashians’: Meet the women who lift boulders for fun
Meet the women carving out a niche subculture of extreme sports; these are Australia’s Strong Women. They’re fit, they’re fierce and they want women to find their inner Amazonian.
- by Rachael Dexter
The ones to watch: Ten athletes to keep an eye on at the Tokyo Olympics
The Tokyo Olympics are due to begin on July 23. Here are 10 international stars to keep a lookout for once competition begins.
- by Roy Ward and Claire Siracusa
‘So much respect:’ Australian lifters welcome Hubbard selection
The presence of Laurel Hubbard, the first transgender Olympian, will be a major story in Tokyo. To the members of Australia’s team, she’s simply another competitor.
- by Phil Lutton
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Tokyo Olympics
‘She’s a woman, that’s it’: Aussie coach defends Laurel Hubbard, first transgender athlete at Olympics
Paul Coffa, who trains current Olympic and world class weightlifters and worked with Hubbard at his Oceania Weightlifting Institute after she had transitioned, said there should be no qualms about Hubbard’s place in the women’s 87kg category in Tokyo.
- by Anthony Colangelo
Muscles may play less of a role in strength building than thought
When we start to lift weights, our muscles do not strengthen and change at first, but our nervous systems do, according to a fascinating new study.
- by Gretchen Reynolds
How to return to the gym without injuring yourself
Go too hard, too early and you’ll find yourself stuck on the couch again – this time with an unwelcome injury.
- by Larissa Ham