RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Chinese weightlifter Meng Suping grabbed Olympic gold in the women's Over-75kg category on Sunday, as Sarah Robles claimed a rare weightlifting medal for the United States. Meng ...

Chinese weightlifter Meng Suping dropped to her knees and bowed to a packed stadium after clinching her first-ever Olympics gold in Rio, winning a round of applause that shook the Riocentro stadium.

The United States took home its first weightlifting medal since 2000 last night. Superhero Sarah Robles received a bronze medal for lifting 126 kilograms (about 278 pounds) in the snatch and 160 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - China ensured top place in the weightlifting medals table for the fifth successive Olympic Games when Meng Suping won her nation’s fifth gold on Sunday. Sarah Robles, in ...

She fulfilled a life-long dream to compete in the Olympics, or so she thought. Days after landing in Rio for her 48kg event, a tearful weightlifter Hou Zhihui, 19, said goodbye to Rio after she was ...

Meng Suping was so happy to win the gold medal in the women's over 75kg weightlifting as she said she felt she could fly without the gold medal drawing her down on the floor. After winning the ...

China's Meng Suping competes during the women's +75KG weightlifting group A competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 14, 2016. Meng Suping won the gold medal with ...

Meng Suping claimed China’s fifth weightlifting gold medal of these Olympic Games after winning the women’s over 75 kilograms category at the Riocentro - Pavilion 2 venue in Rio de Janeiro. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - China ensured top place in the weightlifting medals table for the fifth successive Olympic Games when Meng Suping won her nation’s fifth gold on Sunday. Sarah Robles, in ...

Meng Suping claimed the fifth weightlifting gold medal for China as she lifted a total of 307kg in the women's over 75kg category at the Rio Olympic Games here on Sunday. China has collected five gold ...

Meng Suping of China competes during women's over 75kg weightlifting at the Rio Olympic Games, Aug 14, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] RIO DE JANEIRO - Meng Suping of China won the gold medal with a total of ...