EditorialAn Adidas weightlifting shoe made for the 2008 Beijing Olympics is pictured, among other Olympic shoes, at the Adidas archive in the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach
EditorialPalestinians take part in a weightlifting competition mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Gaza city, Gaza city, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 16 May 2023
EditorialAn athlete completes an exercise during the 2007 FHSAA Girls Weightlifting Championship in New Port Richey, Fla., on Feb. 10, 2007. (Chip Litherland/The New York Times
EditorialFang Wan-Ling of Taiwan competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, in the 2020 Summer Olympics, at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialLaurel Hubbard of New Zealand, who became the first openly transgender woman to compete at a Summer Olympics, during one of her attempts in the weightlifting competition in Tokyo, Aug. 2, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialFang Wan-Ling of Taiwan competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, in the 2020 Summer Olympics, at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialMirabai Chanu of India in the women’s 49-kilogram class weightlifting event at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, July 24, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialYunseong Jin of South Korea competes in the men’s 109kg weightlifting competition at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2021. (Alexandra Garcia/The New York Times)
EditorialLaurel Hubbard of New Zealand competes in women’s +87kg weightlifting at Tokyo International Forum during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialZhouyu Wang of China competes in women’s 87kg weightlifting at Tokyo International Forum during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialAn Olympic worker disinfects and cleans the weightlifting bar after an athlete finished a lift at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics
on July 24, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialHarrison Maurus, a Team USA weightlifter, drops a barbell during a training session in Honolulu, July 15, 2021. (Michelle Mishina Kunz/The New York Times)
EditorialHou Zhihui of China competes in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, in the 2020 Summer Olympics, at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)