But you can't keep a super-heavyweight weightlifter down. Steiner popped to his feet soon after and walked off to the cheers of the crowd. After being bumped from the Milwaukee Brewers' rotation ...

Just ask German weightlifter Matthias Steiner. The former Olympic champion is sore and bruised but escaped serious injury when in the super heavyweight competition, team doctors said Wednesday.

A weightlifter who went viral at the 2008 Olympics has showcased his incredible weight loss. Matthias Steiner, who switched his allegiance to Germany having previously represented Austria ...

LONDON — German weightlifter Matthias Steiner is sore and bruised but otherwise recovering well after dropping a 196-kilogram (432-pound) barbell on his neck at the Olympics. Steiner escaped ...

LONDON -- Defending Olympic weightlifting champion Matthias Steiner of Germany was hit in the neck by the barbell Tuesday and withdrew from the men's super heavyweight competition. Steiner lost ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - German weightlifter Matthias Steiner kissed a picture of his late wife Susann on the gold medal podium on Tuesday, choking back tears over the promise he made to her that he ...

But you can't keep a super-heavyweight weightlifter down. Steiner popped to his feet soon after and walked off to the cheers of the crowd. More photos of Steiner's drop: Related Olympics coverage on ...