U.S. weightlifter Olivia Reeves won a gold medal in her Olympic debut. She lifted a total of 262 kilograms, or roughly 577 pounds to bring home the U.S.'s first weightlifting gold since 2000.

Olivia Reeves wins USA's first gold in weightlifting in 24 years. Gentry Estes. ... It's never been about numbers and medals,” said Reeves, an Olympic gold medal glistening around her neck.

Team USA sees success on the basketball court, track 01:38. Olivia Reeves won the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years at the Paris Olympics on Friday.. Reeves ...

Gold medalist Olivia Reeves of the United States celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's 71kg weightlifting event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in ...

Olivia Reeves hoisted the United States to its first Olympic weightlifting gold medal in 24 years on Thursday, winning the women's 71kg (157 pounds) competition. Reeves set an Olympic record on ...

Weightlifter Olivia Reeves, 21, is a gold medal favorite in Paris. If she takes gold, she'll be the second American woman to do so since women's weightlifting was added to the Olympics in 2000.

Reeves’ gold followed an historic bronze medal for Hampton Morris on Wednesday, the first Olympic medal of any kind for a U.S. men’s weightlifter since the 1984 Los Angeles Games.

U.S. weightlifter Olivia Reeves won a gold medal in her Olympic debut. She lifted a total of 262 kilograms, or roughly 577 pounds to bring home the U.S.'s first weightlifting gold since 2000.