Meanings of powerlifter in English

Double Paralympic champion powerlifter Emma Brown said taking part in the Queen's Baton Relay was a 'lovely honour'.

In the first drugs scandal of these Games, Pakistani powerlifter Naveed Ahmed Butt, was given a two-year ban for steroid use.

Differences in strength performance between novice and elite athletes: Evidence from powerlifters.

He also wanted to train and coach other powerlifters.

Powerlifters competing at the Paralympics have disabilities in their lower limbs or hips, including paralysis, cerebral palsy and lower limb amputation.

Iraqi Paralympians are no strangers to success, either -in the 2004 Athens Games, two powerlifters won silver and bronze medals.

So is "strong the new skinny?" It's a glib opening to a conversation with four of Ireland's top women powerlifters.

Dressed in their national colours, the champion powerlifters and bench-pressers strain to hoist the monuments above their shoulders -or even their ankles.