A trio of sentinel coverage area girls, Samantha Jefferson of ocoee, Cheyanne DuCharme of Hagerty, and Oviedo’s Alexis Jones, set Florida high school Athletic Association records while winning state championships at Friday’s Class 2a girls weightlifting stats championship meet in Panama City Beach Destiny Colgate of Wintere Springs won the Continue Reading
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Sofia, DEC 7 (REUTERS)-Bulgarian weightlifting suffered another blow on Friday when European youth champion Dayana Dimitrova was banned for life after a second doping offense since April 2017, the Balkan country’s federation said on Friday The international Olympic Committee (IOC) has threatened to remove weightlifting from the Paris 2024 Games Continue Reading
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Weight lifting better for heart health than running, new study finds. Lifting weights is healthier for the heart than going for a run or a walk, new research has found. Scientists looking at the health records of more than 4,000 people have concluded that, while forms of exercise reduce the Continue Reading
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2018 Asian Games Women’s Weightlifting (-53kg division) gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz lauded the creation of a weightlifting grassroots program in Cebu, and said that several others should follow in her footsteps. OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING COMPETITION SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 Weightlifters will have the chance to see how they stack up against others in Continue Reading
