Zoe Smith overcomes adversity to brew up third Commonwealth Games medal
The 23-year-old English weightlifter beat injury problems to win Commonwealth Games silver medal
May 2017
Zoe Smith: ‘You’re treated differently when you’re not an Olympian. I’m a coffee wench now’
Funding cuts mean the Commonwealth Games gold medallist is working in a coffee shop but she tells Sarah Shephard her circumstances have brought a fresh determination to succeed
April 2016
The agenda
The Agenda: Olympic hopefuls get serious and the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix
Max Whitlock and Louis Smith duel at the pommel horse, Zoe Smith seeks a place at Rio and Steve Davis hits the decks, not the reds
July 2014
Sport picture of the day
Sport picture of the day: joy personified
Zoe Smith's face says it all as she lifts 118kg above her head for a new Commonwealth record to give her the gold medal in the women's 58kg A Final
November 2012
The grandparents issue
Celebrity grandparents and grandchildren
From staying up late to cooking together, famous grandparents and grandchildren – from Sheila Hancock and Tony Benn to Daisy Lowe – celebrate the generation gap
August 2012
Shortcuts
How to party like an Olympian
After living monastic lives while training, our sports stars understandably like to cut loose when it's all over. Here's what they've been up to
London 2012 Olympics: why it's fine to ogle the athletes
If you've been watching the Games, you must have noticed that the athletes look … amazing. So, with bodies this strong and beautiful on display, how can it be rude to stare?
The women's blog
London 2012: you go girls
Stop listening to those who moan about their weight and listen to an inspirational Olympian instead
July 2012
Twitter abuse for Tom Daley also faced by other Olympic athletes
London 2012: The faces of the women's 58kg clean and jerk - in pictures
London 2012 Olympics: day 3 at the Games
Olympic Bodies: British Athletes - in pictures
June 2012
London 2012 Olympics : Zoe Smith heads quintet for weightlifting team
Team GB weightlifting has chosen Zoe Smith, Natasha Perdue, Peter Kirkbride, Gareth Evans and Jack Oliver for the squad for London 2012 Olympics
December 2011
Zoe Smith: 'I was labelled the fat cow of weightlifting'
London Olympics countdown: 34 weeks to go
May 2011
Weightlifter Zoe Smith wins World Youth Championship silver medal
Great Britain's highly promising weightlifter Zoe Smith has won a silver medal at the World Youth Championships in Lima, Peru
February 2011
Zoe Smith sees her funding reinstated by British Weight Lifting
The Commonwealth bronze medallist Zoe Smith has had her funding reinstated by British Weight Lifting after losing the entitlement last year
January 2011
Wise Zoe Smith needs a lift after weighty issue is brought to the fore
Zoe Smith's funding appeal rejected by British Weightlifting
December 2010
Weightlifter Zoe Smith told to work harder after funding suspended
Zoe Smith, the first British woman to win a Commonwealth weightlifting medal, has had her funding suspended because of concerns about her commitment
