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Lasha Talakhadze retained his iron grip on the title of “world’s strongest man” as he won a third straight Olympic heavyweight gold on Saturday. Saturday’s earlier medallists talked of the sacrifices they had to make to adapt to the changing Olympic weight categories -- either battling to cut weight or gorging to pack it on. Saturday’s first champion Liu Huanhua …
Weightlifting has been around in human history for thousands of years and is among the oldest known sports. India's Saikhom Mirabai Chanu had won silver in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 49kg category and will hope to go one step further and win gold in the Paris Games. Women’s weightlifting would be introduced in Sydney 2000 — the …
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