Weightlifting
Samoan weightlifters smash Oceania records
Two Samoan weightlifters have set new Oceania records at the New Zealand national championships in Mt Maunganui.
Pasifika lift weightlifting numbers
Weightlifting in New Zealand is enjoying a surge in popularity and in part it's due to the increased involvement of Māori and Pasifika athletes.
Megan Signal - A weight off her shoulders
After facing devastating injuries, Megan Signal has made a remarkable recovery and has been selected to compete in the weightlifting women's 71kg event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Are today's Olympic athletes really bigger, stronger, faster?
We like to think that we have evolved as a species to become more athletic over the centuries but the research may tell a different story. David Epstein is the author of The Sports Gene and joins the… Audio
GOAT in a boat - and a trans trailblazer in Tokyo
While Lisa Carrington struck gold and set records, Laurel Hubbard struck out in competition but still made history and headlines as our first ever transgender Olympian. She also won hearts and minds… Audio
GOAT in a boat - and a trans trailblazer in Tokyo
While Lisa Carrington struck gold and set records, Laurel Hubbard struck out in competition but still made history and headlines as our first ever transgender Olympian. She also won hearts and minds…
AudioLaurel Hubbard admits feeling intense spotlight at Olympics
Laurel Hubbard has admitted she's felt the intense spotlight on her, but hopes her Olympics appearance encourages young trans people.
The weightlifter became the first openly transgender woman to… Video, Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Hayden Donnell
In a weekly update of the latest from the news media, Hayden Donnell speaks with Karyn Hay about the media coverage of today's Covid scare in Wellington. He also looks at online comments about this… Audio
Hubbard's selection for Olympics fuels debate on fairness
The Prime Minister has leant her support to the New Zealand Olympic Committee over their selection of Laurel Hubbard for the Olympics.
The weightlifter is set to become the first transgender athlete… Audio
Tokyo Olympics: Hubbard to become first transgender athlete to compete at Games
Transgender athlete Laurel Hubbard and Commonwealth Games champion David Liti head a five-strong New Zealand weightlifting team for the Tokyo Olympics.
The septuagenarian women who love to pump iron
Australian fitness trainer Dean Mawby didn't set out to specialise in working with older bodies, but somehow the age of clients has risen over the years – 70 percent are now over 60. Video, Audio
Weightlifting competitions remain online
New Zealand may be out of lockdown but for some sports competing alongside each other won't happen for a while yet.
Olympic dream stays alive for weightlifter
Megan Gifford has been through too much to let a global pandemic derail her dreams.
Bronze medal and chocolate keep NZ weightlifter going
The disqualification of a teenage Thai weightlifter at the Youth Olympics has seen New Zealand's Kanah Andrews-Nahu promoted to bronze.
Supatchanin Khamhaeng won the super-heavyweight division for… Audio
Andrews-Nahu savours sweet weightlifting success
Teenage weightlifter Kana Andrews-Nahu walked into the gym this afternoon with nothing on her mind but tackling another punishing training session.
Sport: Samoan weightlifter wins junior world title
Samoan weightlifter Don Opeloge won two gold medals at the Junior World Championships in Suva. Audio
Weightlifting: Hubbard set to return to competition
Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will return to competition later this month, after fears her career was over when injury forced her out of the Commonwealth Games competition.
Auckland teen breaks 123 weightlifting records
Kanah Andrews-Nahu is still at high school, but she's already breaking weightlifting records. The 17-year-old has just been picked to represent New Zealand at the Youth Olympics. She spoke to John… Video, Audio
Paperwork blunder excludes eight NZ weightlifters
The New Zealand weightlifting team will be without eight of its 30 lifters at this week's Oceania Championship after failing to submit timely whereabouts forms to drug testers.
Weightlifter David Liti wins Gold, breaks Commonwealth record
At just 21, David Liti has won Gold at the Commonwealth Games by lifting 403kg, an all-time Commonwealth record, and he's only just started competing internationally at a senior level. He spoke with… Video, Audio
