Nina Sterckx, who is still in her teens despite having lifted in 17 international competitions, will be hoping to win her first senior title this weekend at the European Weightlifting Championships in Tirana, the Albanian capital.

Sterckx, the best woman weightlifter Belgium has ever had, was rated the top female lifter across all

204kg, adding a world junior gold to the youth version she won in 2019, a year when she competed seven times

Goegebuer, who has also coached Anna Van Bellinghen to European medals, said: "It’s quite a coincidence

Sterckx from Belgium.While Turkey, Armenia, Bulgaria and Georgia are expected to finish at the top of the medals

programmes.The biggest name to look out for in the Championships, which run until June 5, is the multiple world record

anniversary of those Games approaches, there is growing interest in bringing them back to the capital for a record

his city to become the "sporting capital of the world," and that he wants the biggest showpiece of all

Olympics, after Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028 will have joined London as hosting the Games three times

people close to the main venues simply does not exist.It is clear then that London is far from having all

Hungary, the country to have won the most gold medals without staging the Olympics, will hope that all

Scotland did not need to work hard to convince its top stars to compete at Birmingham 2022.

 "Despite a crowded calendar, there's a real will and a want to compete for Scotland and win medals

freestyle.Kathleen Dawson was part of the British team in Tokyo which won the 4x100m mixed medley relay in a world record

They've all committed and accepted their early pre-selection for the Commonwealth Games."

Gold Coast.Sprinter Allan Wells, the Olympic 100m champion at Moscow 1980, has topped the podium four times

We'll be across all the Villages with the sports we're participating in.

Rio 2016 Paralympic champion Helen Scott has retired her professional cycling as a tandem pilot after accepting the position of Paralympic foundation coach with the British Cycling team.

started cycling aged 14, achieved remarkable success during her 14-year career, claiming five Paralympic medals

I just want to say a huge thank you to all of the staff and riders on the team, past and present, who

Helen Scott, left, partnered with Sophie Thornhill, right, to win several gold medals, including at the

partnership was capped off with the tandem B kilo Paralympic gold at Rio 2016, which they secured in a record

times at the World Championships.Britain’s star racer achieved silver at her final Paralympics in Tokyo

On Thursday (May 13) Doha is due to host the opening Diamond League meeting of the season at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium.

after a heat win of 9.81, and a men’s 800m victory by Kenya’s soon-to-be Olympic champion and world record

meetings in Shanghai and Shenzhen had been cancelled, just as they were last year.Kenya's marathon world record

stopped, both in the stadium and broadcast, and you could see the really dramatic moment when the ‘medals

Trayvon Bromell and Ferdinand Omanyala ran the sixth and seventh fastest times of all time at last year's

year Trayvon Bromell of the United States and home sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala produced respective times

Home sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala won the concluding 100 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi in 9.85sec - the fastest time of the season so far - to ignite scenes of joy in a crowd which included the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta.

9.77 in finishing second last year behind Trayvon Bromell of the US, who ran 9.76 - the two fastest times

double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, whose sea-level 10.60 last year put her third on the all-time

won the world under-20 800m title in this same - albeit empty - stadium last year in a championship record

compatriots.Two of them, Rai Benjamin and Michael Norman, will be returning to the Olympic Stadium where they won medals

Tori Peeters and Japanese record-holder Haruka Kitaguchi.Ryuji Miura was one of Japan’s breakthrough

There were celebrations for the United States and Belgium on a dramatic second day of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Crete.

67 minutes in the men’s 61 kilograms category, recovering from a poor start to finish with a world record

a "no lift" because of a left arm press-out, a decision that stood after a challenge.Morris took it all

three lifts at 150kg, 154kg and 160kg, taking the clean and jerk junior world record from the North

second on 269kg and the Colombian Daniel Stiven was third.The United States will be hoping for more medals

Nina started training in my last active years as an athlete and even trained many times in my house."

The 1988 Olympic 100 metres final in Seoul is probably the most controversial race ever run. 

Johnson, the reigning world champion and fastest man on the planet, who crossed the line in a new world record

 He had won four Olympic gold medals at Los Angeles 1984, matching Jesse Owens, but was not picked

the legal limit and 1,000 times more than what is found in the average person.

 Christie never appreciated it being pointed out that his own record on doping was far from perfect

that he had presented scientific evidence to an appeal of the USA Track and Field that having sex four times

Sochi 2014 Olympic champion Maiken Caspersen Falla has announced her retirement from cross-country skiing.

bronze.Falla also secured 10 World Championship podium finishes in her career, including five gold medals

After 12 seasons on the women's team, I have achieved all my goals and reached further than I had ever

Falla (@maikencfalla)"I am so incredibly grateful for all the good times with my cross-country family

with 40 triumphs.Falla also shares the record for most sprint wins in a single season alongside Slovenia

Cup win came with classic sprint success in Drammen in March.Falla won the classic sprint event six times

stormed into an early lead in the Oceania Track Cycling Championships winning four out of five gold medals

shootout in the women's individual pursuit, catching her after 2:51.734, and setting a new national record

Aaron Gate and stamping his authority all over the ME Points Race along with the help of his team mates

Interesting times ahead!

The Para sport championships held in Khanty-Mansiisk last month under the banner "We are together sports" to compensate for Russia's non-participation in the Paralympic Games, begged a question.

of the Eastern Bloc," William Eaton wrote in the Los Angeles Times."

Germany, who placed only 7th in the "Friendship 84" final.East Germany’s Irina Meszynski set a new world record

Angeles, but I cannot change the situation, though I do think what we are doing here downgrades the gold medals

It is fast becoming a tradition for the women to set spectacular times," said East Germany’s state newspaper

Neues Deutschland.Meanwhile, Kristin Otto won two individual gold medals in a foretaste of her Olympic

Phil Andrews has resigned as chief executive of USA Weightlifting (USAW) after nine successful years.

Kate Nye won a silver medal at Tokyo 2020 - one of two American medals ©Getty ImagesAndrews does not

We built an amazing team of staff at USAW, who have been a part of all of the achievements in the last

 "Being able to have youth, junior, senior and masters all lifting together at the same event brings

merging the long-standing Arnold Schwarzenegger Sports Festival event with the circuit.It had a world-record

Aranda, President of USAW, said Andrews had "guided the organisation through both good and difficult times

One of the most famous weightlifting contests in the sport’s Olympic history was ruled to have been a sham today when the "champion" from Kazakhstan was disqualified.

Nijat Rahimov, who stunned the Chinese favourite Lu Xiaojun by smashing the world record with his final

attempt in the 77kg category at Rio 2016, has been suspended for eight years and had all his results

since March 2016 scratched.He swapped urine samples with a "clean" athlete three times in the build-up

81kg category at Tokyo 2020, will now become the first Asian weightlifter to win three Olympic gold medals

Qatar Cup in December 2019.Rahimov’s disqualification means Kazakhstan has now lost six Olympic gold medals

Lim Heem Wei knows only too well why the Commonwealth Games are nicknamed the "Friendly Games".

What really stood out from the other Games was, although we were all very focussed on our performance

years of withdrawals when there was no competition, I think Singaporeans are really looking forward to all

while table tennis has been the country's happiest Commonwealth Games hunting ground.Out of the 37 gold medals

history as the first host of the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010.It has also hosted the SEA Games four times

In terms of capabilities as a host country and a host city, I think we have that track record," said

If ever a Commonwealth Games legend made a fitting farewell it was Raelene Boyle in the 400 metres at the 1982 Games in Brisbane.

only added to her popularity throughout the 21st century.Boyle never won an Olympic gold but given her record

I saw the ugly side of sport, we all see it all the time," she said at the time.

She also learned a lot from sport to help her through difficult times in her later life.Over a period

"There have been hard times and you have to deal with it, which is easier said than done."

Boyle was only 16 when she won the first of her Olympic silver medals at Mexico City in 1968, over 200m