This set comes with pairs of 45-, 25-, and 10-pound Olympic weight plates. All are 17.7 inches in diameter—they range in ...

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PARIS — For the first time in 40 years, an American man has won an Olympic medal in weightlifting. Hampton Morris, a 20-year-old who trains primarily out of the garage at his family's Georgia home, ...

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