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80-year-old weightlifter banned for two years for doping

Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 18:21

Don Ramos, an 80-year-old weightlifter seeking a world record at the Pan American Masters Weightlifting Championships , has been banned for doping.

91-year-old weightlifter smashes world record by lifting 85kg

Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 13:00

A 91-year-old weightlifter broke the world record for the bench press by lifting 85 kg on Saturday.

I`m closing in on world-beater Zhou: Russian weightlifter

Last Updated: Thursday, August 16, 2012, 17:47

Russian weightlifter Tatiana Kashirina Thursday said she is satisfied with her Olympic silver medal because her performance took her one step closer to beating her Chinese rival Zhou Lulu.

Olympic weightlifting: Polish underdog bags gold

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 12:20

Poland`s Adrian Edward Zielinski has won the gold medal in weightlifting men`s 85kg category with a total of 385kg.

North Korean weightlifter credits Kim Jong Il for world-record feat of lifting thrice his weight

Last Updated: Monday, July 30, 2012, 13:18

Korean Olympian Om Yun Chol joined an elite list of weightlifters to have lifted three times their weight during the men``s 56-kg, group B, clean and jerk weightlifting competition

Albanian lifter banned from London for steroids

Last Updated: Saturday, July 28, 2012, 17:46

Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku has been excluded from the London Olympics after testing positive for steroids, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Saturday.

Weightlifter Soniya 6th on opening day of World C`ships

Last Updated: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 16:06

Indian women weightlifters put up a creditable show with Soniya Chanu finishing sixth in the 48kg category on the opening day of the World Championships in Paris.

Shailaja pleads innocence, ready for `B` sample test

Last Updated: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 14:31

Dope-tainted lifter Shailaja Pujari, who is facing a life ban after flunking a National Anti-Doping Agency test recently, today pleaded her innocence.