EditorialSuccession of pictures shows Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko, who was killed fighting against Russia’s invasion, compete in the 2016 Rio Olympics, in his apartment in Kyiv
EditorialOlympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand, during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2021. Hubbard is the first openly transgender female to participate in the Olympics. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialWeightlifter Hou Zhihui of China won weight lifting gold in the women’s 49-kilogram division in Tokyo and shattered three Olympic records, part of a fearsome Chinese squad that aimed to sweep every weight class it was contesting. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialWeightlifter Hou Zhihui of China won weight lifting gold in the women’s 49-kilogram division in Tokyo and shattered three Olympic records, part of a fearsome Chinese squad that aimed to sweep every weight class it was contesting. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialThe weightlifter Chanu Saikhom Mirabai of India placed her silver medal around her own neck during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on July 24, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialHarrison Maurus, a Team USA weightlifter, drops a barbell during a training session in Honolulu, July 15, 2021. (Michelle Mishina Kunz/The New York Times)