Category: weightlifting

Olympic Games

Lifter Zammit Stevens sets Clean and Jerk national record at Olympics

Malta’s weightlifter Yazmin Zammit Stevens made her Olympic debut on Tuesday when she competed in the women’s 64kg category at the Tokyo International Forum. Competing in...

Olympic Games
/ 1 month ago

Watch: Yazmin Zammit Stevens named in Team Malta for Tokyo Olympics

Weightlifter Yazmin Zammit Stevens’ name has been added to the list of athletes representing Malta in the forthcoming XXXII Games of...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 3 months ago

It’s difficult to distinguish elite from recreational sport says Profs Gauci

Superintendent for Health Charmaine Gauci said that it was difficult for health authorities to distinguish between elite and recreational sport as...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Watch: Organised sport ban will have an everlasting impact on development of Maltese athletes

It has been more than a month now that organised sport has been banned from Malta. The frustration among the sporting...

By Valhmor Camilleri
weightlifting
/ 4 months ago

Thornton attains best-ever result with 10th place at European Championships

Malta rising weightlifting star Tenishia Thornton has secured a prestigious result at the European Championships in Russia as the young lifter...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Watch: Organised sport will not reopen on April 26 – Superintendent for Health

Superintendent for Health Charmaine Gauci announced on Friday that organised sport will not be included among the next measures of gradual...

By Valhmor Camilleri
weightlifting
/ 4 months ago

Watch: Zammit Stevens sets two national records at European Championships

Yazmin Zammit Stevens set two national records at the European Championships in Moscow on Wednesday. Zammit Stevens entered the competition looking...

By Valhmor Camilleri
weightlifting
/ 4 months ago

Watch: Thornton tops 49kg B class at European Championships

Malta rising weightlifting star Tenishia Thornton secured another prestigious result in her career when setting five national records on her way...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Athletics
/ 4 months ago

Eight national teams set to be given COVID-19 training exemptions

Eight sporting federations are set to be given an exemption by the Superintendent for Health from the latest COVID-19 restrictions, the...

By Valhmor Camilleri
Sports Talk
/ 4 months ago

Watch: Health authorities must be more sensitive on elite sport restrictions

The Malta Weightlifting Association will be representing Malta in the European Championships in Russia next week with Yazmin Zammit Stevens and...

By Valhmor Camilleri