Chaired by Ursula Papandrea, IWF Vice President, the IWF Women’s Commission met in Suva to identify and discuss immediate and long-term tasks. In addition to members from Austria and New Zealand, several IWF officials were interested in the discussions, including Dr.
IWF congratulates Gerhard PEYA, President of the Austrian Weightlifting Federation, on being decorated with the Prestigious Award of the Republic of Austria. The ceremony was initiated by Ensemble Wild with the Camellia polka by Johann Strauss.
IWF reports that the sample of Ms. Nahil DYAB (SYR) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for methasterone and its metabolite 2α,17α-dimethyl-5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol. (S1.1 Anabolic agents). As a consequence...
The weightlifting family is mourning: Argentine Claudio Leveque, who was not only a great athlete but a big personality in weightlifting passed away recently. He was born in France but naturalized to Argentina and started to lift weights in the ’60s.
A 14-year-old incoming freshman at Middleton High School (Hillsborough County, Fla.) collapsed and died after struggling through an offseason conditioning drill, setting off concern across Florida’s Gulf Coast.
IWF reports that the sample of Mr. Cristopher PAVON FUNES (HON) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for stanozolol metabolites and dehydrochloromethyl-testosterone metabolites (S1.1 Anabolic agents).
The 2019 IWF Junior World Championships took place in the capital of the beautiful country of Fiji, 1-8 June and now it has been successfully concluded. The national television of Fiji was present with...
The 2019 IWF Junior World Championships concluded today with the men’s +102kg session with several Youth World Records taken by Iranian athlete, YOUSEFI Alireza. LALAYAN Varazdat won the overall gold...
Major-General (Ret’d) Jioji Konusi Konrote President of the Republic of Fiji paid a visit to the Junior World Championships held in the FMF Gymnasium, Suva. His Excellency, who enjoys tremendous popularity all over the country...
On the last competition day of the 2019 Junior World Championships in Suva, in the women’s +87kg, LEE Seon Mi (KOR) was expected to win three gold medals but she found a surprising challenger in the Snatch.
The Spanish Championships takes place this weekend in the Municipal Pavilion “Miguel Guillén Pim” in Madrid. The event kicks off today with the men’s competitions and will be divided into two competition turns.
The 2019 British Weightlifting Championships will take place at The Ricoh Arena, Coventry between June 8-9. This is the most prestigious event on the British Weight Lifting calendar and this year the championships are an official qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games...
The women’s 87kg, the ranking was persistent, Kazakh AKHMEROVA Darya took the gold medals, Russian RIAZANOVA Daria clinched the silvers and YU Ssu-Han came in third. AKHMEROVA, 2018 European Junior champion lifted 102kg in the Snatch...
DJURAEV Akbar took home three gold medals in the men’s 109kg bodyweight category competition in Suva, Fiji. The 19-year-old Uzbek did not miss a lift, although, he didn’t come out for his third Clean and Jerk attempt, as he already won the Junior World Champion title.
