PITTSBURG (KSNT) – Athletes across Kansas gathered at Pittsburg State University on July 17 as the 2026 Special Olympics Kansas State Powerlifting and Flag Football Competition got underway. 75 ...

Here's what you need to know about weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did weightlifting become an Olympic sport? The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 included men's weightlifting, but ...

The strongest sport at the Olympics is set to take stage on Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Paris where five Americans eye the podium. Olympic weightlifting, simply known to athletes as weightlifting, is not to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Saturday, dozens of inspiring athletes competed in the third annual Special Olympics Missouri vs. Kansas Powerlifting competition at The Strong Barbell Club in Overland Park. “We ...

PARIS—Ever since Team USA won its last Olympic weightlifting gold at the 2000 Sydney Games, a generation of Americans has tried and failed to outdo rivals in hoisting dangerously heavy pieces of metal ...

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China's Li Wenwen won her second Olympic gold medal with a dominant performance to take the title in the women's over 81kg weightlifting at the Paris Games on Sunday. The ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After more than 20 years supporting Special Olympics Minnesota, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (Affinity Plus) is proud to announce that it has answered the call ...

Special Olympics Georgia would also like to recognize the Presenting Sponsor for the 2026 State Indoor Winter Games: Winter Construction. For more information on State Indoor Winter Games & Southeast ...

Powerlifting, or strength lifting, is much more than just a strength sport. It's the purest and most powerful expression of the human ability to move heavy loads. Here, what truly matters is not ...

ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Special Olympics Georgia (SOGA) will host the 2026 State Indoor Winter Games on Friday, January ...