LONDON (AP) — It helps to have a thick neck if you're going to drop a 432-pound barbell on it. (...more)

Photos of the Men's and women's weightlifting competitions at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, August 7. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Iran ruled the final event of the Olympic weightlifting competition, winning gold and silver medals in a super heavyweight battle that Germany's defending champion left after a 432-pound barbell crashed down on his neck. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Defending Olympic weightlifting champion Matthias Steiner of Germany was hit in the neck by the barbell Tuesday in the men's super heavyweight competition. (...more)

Photos from the medal round of weightlifting 105kg at the 2012 London Summer Olympics on Monday, August 6, 2012. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — New York Jets center Nick Mangold says he's "very proud" of his sister Holley after watching her finish 10th in women's super heavyweight weightlifting at the London Olympics. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Two Ukrainian super heavyweights have joined the swelling ranks of weightlifters dropping out of the London Olympics. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — The United States has been tough to find in weightlifting competitions at the London Games. And that's being kind. (...more)

Photos of the medal round of the weightlifting competition at the 2012 London Olympics on Saturday, August 4. (...more)

CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Nick Mangold has changed his mind and is leaving training camp with the New York Jets to watch his sister Holley compete in the Olympics in London. (...more)

Photos of the men's and women's weightlifting competitions at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, August 3. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Kendrick Farris, the only male weightlifter from the United States competing at the London Olympics, barely missed breaking his own American records in the clean and jerk and overall total Friday. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Kendrick Farris will be the first American to test his strength on the weightlifting platform in London when he goes up against a lineup of Olympic and world champions in the 85-kilogram category. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — China's Lu Xiaojun set a snatch world record in the men's 77-kilogram weightlifting competition on Wednesday. (...more)

Photos from the medal round of the weightlifting competition at the 2012 London Summer Olympics on Tuesday, July 31. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — The showdown between North Korea and China in men's weightlifting hasn't turned out as expected — North Korea is winning. And in a big way. (...more)

Photos from the medal round of weightlifting from the 2012 London Summer Olympics on Monday, July 30. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — North Korea's Om Yun Chol on Sunday joined an exclusive group of weightlifters who have lifted three times their body weight. (...more)

Photos of the weightlifting competitions at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 28. (...more)