India to lose Olympic weightlifting spots in doping clampdown

'This is a monumental step forward for weightlifting and for athletes around the world' IMAGE: Russia, India among nations to lose Olympic weightlifting spots in doping clampdownPhotograph:......

Ilyin stripped of Beijing, London weightlifting golds for doping

Kazak weightlifter Ilya Ilyin has been stripped of the gold medals he won at the Beijing and London Olympic Games after failing doping tests in re-analysis of samples, the International Olympic......

Russia faces another Rio ban over dope tests

IMAGE: Tatiana Kashirina of Russia reacts after competing in the women's +75kg weight class during the 2015 International Weightlifting Federation World Championships. Photograph: Scott......

Double OIympic lifting champ Ilyin retests show he doped at 2012 Games

IMAGE: Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin poses with his gold medal of the men's 94Kg weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 4, 2012. Photograph: Dominic......

Records shatter, champions fall in weightlifting

The Olympic weightlifting competition ended with the crowning of a new super heavyweight champion and a frightening fall for the old one. Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won the last of 15 gold......