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Taylor Beebe just competed at the Powerlifting World Championships in Seoul, and she has a simple message: strength changes everything. The fitness trainer is on a mission to help more women discover what happens when they stop apologizing for being strong.
Paris 2024 champion Onyinyechi Mark shattered a world record with a 148kg lift in Algeria, leading Nigeria to dominate the African Para Powerlifting Championships. The 24-year-old's historic performance came as part of Nigeria's incredible 24-medal haul at the competition.
Athletes from 25 nations competed in Tbilisi, Georgia, where British and Italian para powerlifters shattered European records while 14 countries celebrated medal wins. Louise Sugden's comeback story captured hearts as she lifted her personal best after years of injury setbacks.
Julius Fletcher lifted 1,818 pounds at his first international competition, setting a world squat record just one year after entering the sport. The NextEra Energy employee proves it's never too late to discover your strength.
Mayabhai Bhammar couldn't walk after polio struck at age six. Now he's lifting 115 kg as a national silver medalist, teaching students, and delivering food to fund his Olympic dreams.
Thailand's capital welcomes Asia's strongest Paralympic athletes for six days of competition starting April 7. Champions from across two continents will compete as new mothers return and records fall.
A self-taught powerlifter from Paulding County just set a junior world record with a 2,122-pound total at the Arnold Sports Festival. Nathan Wilhelm's journey from beginner to world-record holder took just three years of competition.
A South Carolina physical therapist squats nearly four times his body weight and holds a world record, yet he calls powerlifting just a hobby. Lorenzo Wright proves extraordinary achievement can coexist with everyday life.
A Mother's Day card with a hand-drawn margarita changed Camille Palmer's life forever. Fourteen years later, she's breaking world records in powerlifting and inspiring others to find strength through their darkest moments.
Julie Dickson hated PE class and gave up on sports for years. Now she's a medal-winning powerlifter who found her passion and community.
Multiple Paralympic champions are representing Nigeria at the 2026 African Open Championships in Algeria, competing for crucial qualifying points toward the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Over 150 athletes from 20 nations are gathering in Oran for four days of para powerlifting competition.
Over 150 para powerlifters from 20 nations are gathering in Algeria this week to compete for spots at the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics. The African Open Championships in Oran marks a crucial step in the journey toward Paralympic glory for athletes across the continent.
Jeanine Watt joined a gym at 61 thinking she'd do more than work her TV remote thumb. Eight years later, the Windsor lawyer holds three world bench press records and competes against athletes half her age.
Brazilian researchers discovered an abandoned ant colony so massive and complex, they compared it to the Great Wall of China. The underground mega-city stretched 50 square meters and reached eight meters deep, complete with highways and specialized chambers.
This weekend, 2,000 volunteers are making the Special Olympics Hawaii Summer Games possible, proving that inclusion takes an entire community. Athletes with intellectual disabilities will compete on Division I facilities at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
A 176-pound athlete just lifted a 428-pound stone over his head and broke the world record as a drug-free competitor. Matt Sowers ended his 10-year strongman career by proving natural athletes can achieve the impossible.
Los Angeles will host a record-breaking Paralympic Games in 2028 with 560 medal events across 23 sports, including para climbing's historic debut. For the first time ever, competition begins before the Opening Ceremony, and women will compete for 45% of all medals.