Nations can enter a maximum of six athletes (three men and three women) across all events at the Paris Olympics. A total of 120 athletes will compete in weightlifting in Paris, 12 per weight class.

China retained another weightlifting gold medal hours later when Hou Zhihui triumphed in the women's 49kg category. The 27-year-old defending champion lifted 89kg in the snatch and set an Olympic ...

(Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) (ATR) Four London Olympic weightlifting champions from ... at the London Games in the men’s 94kg and women’s 63kg and 75kg weight categories can expect ...