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https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2026/07/06/olympic-weightlifter-pizzolato-convicted-of-gang-rape-of-tourist_9650642e-c40e-480c-9a2e-8d0de1d305f0.html Nino convicted of rape. Given the nature of what was at the time an accusation, his participation at the Paris Olympics and winning of t...

Vale Lord Humungus! Yes Sweden's Kjell Nilsson, the actor who played the iconic villain Lord Humungus in Mad Max 2, was a weightlifter and later a weightlifting coach. No relation to 1980 Olympian Leif Nilsson however. Kjell Nilsson went on to predominately be a body builder, but competing for Mosse...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/dope-cases-shrink-cwg-lifting-squad-deals-blow-to-medal-prospects/articleshow/132105466.cms?fbclid=IwY2xjawSyy2FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRGdSqXB0ej9FLlrTJiULtTeakPfrEbUv4Ti8gIIEuo4tOueUPQy7h43fLZs_aem_zvt7N6wgwka8...

I can see arguments for and against this.

https://iwf.sport/2026/06/26/iwf-execut ... wf-events/

According to Brian Oliver, they used a sabotage claim to refute this - I wonder what the evidence looked like.

https://ita.sport/news/the-ita-acknowle ... -asanidze/

Insert name related joke.

https://ita.sport/news/the-ita-notifies ... wYTLwYP_yw

Vale Daniel Senet, Silver medalist from the 1976 Games.

Could that be interpreted as, Kitts wasn't on the Enhanced Games protocol, and was doing his own thing?

If true, the integrity and the reputation of the whole Enhanced Games is called into question!!!

Four Indian lifts test positive domestically.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sp ... 034388.ece

If the Enhanced Games does have some sort of lasting legacy, it might actually be in how it has ignited dialogue regarding prize money and payments to athletes. IOC President Kirsty Coventry responded to a question about paying athletes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl7kA3RjTCI She clarified the q...