IWF reports that the sample of Ms. Nadezhda LOMOVA (RUS) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for metenolone and metenolone metabolite 1-methylene-5α-androstane-3α-ol-17-one (S1.1 Anabolic agents).
IWF Director General Attila Adamfi and Competition Manager Matyas Lencser paid a technical visit to Fiji, host of the upcoming Junior World Championships to be held in Suva 1-8 June 2019. They have met with various stakeholders and have seen the progress made to host an event of this caliber.
Ricky Vargas, president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), this week was reported to have said that weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and triathlete Nikko Huelgas had called for an end to…READ
by Christopher RICKLETON In a gym in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, Paralympic weightlifter Alina Solodukhina’s slight shoulders are feeling the strain under more than 60 kilogrammes of cast iron.
A major qualification event for Tokyo 2020 was organized in Tehran, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Iran in March this year. This was the fourth edition of the Fajr Cup, which was organized according to the new qualification method with the 7 new Olympic bodyweight categories.
This is a reminder that every Athlete included in the International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) shall submit their whereabouts information through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) throughout the whole year on a quarterly basis.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) welcomes the support of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board (EB) today, after it outlined its recognition for the IWF’s significant efforts to ensure clean sport and protect clean athletes.
Stian Grimseth, legendary lifter of his country was elected as President of Norwegian Weightlifting Federation. Mr Grimseth won the European Championships in 1996, competed twice at the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004) and several other national and international events.
Mr Vladimir Saltykov, Russian National Team Official suddenly passed away due to heart attack. Mr Saltykov was born in 1955 and after graduating the Volgograd State Institute of Physical Culture in 1983...
