By Kevin Farley The first day of competition of READY STEADY TOKYO 2020 Olympic Games Test Event produced high drama and new world records as dozens of athletes lifted on the same stage where next year’s Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association welcomed the IWF delegation for a Technical visit in preparation of the 2019 IWF World Championships in the capital city of Thailand recently. The IWF inspected the venues in Pattaya...
The test event – also serving as a Silver Level Qualification event – for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games weightlifting competition begins this weekend at the Tokyo International Forum. The training hall...
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu was only 11 when she won her first-ever competitive gold medal. The weightlifting champion, who made her debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was faced with bitter disappointment when she was only one of two lifters who did not finish at the entry-level category.
Egypt’s Minister of Education honoured Rania Mohamed Ezzat, the Egyptian junior weightlifting champion, who recently made history by winning first place in the IWF Junior World Championships, bagging three medals–two golds and one silver in Suva, Fiji last month.
United World Wrestling is organizing a series of cadet training camps named ‘More than Medals’ for their young wrestlers. As weightlifting is a core sport and is known as one of the important modules in Strength & Conditioning training for all sports...
British Weight Lifting (BWL) is canvassing opinion from volunteers in a bid to help clubs maximise their success. The governing body has released a survey which it hopes will produce the information required to help clubs move forward.
Successful IWF Anti-Doping Outreach and iLiftClean Booth were established for athletes and officials again during the 2019 IWF Junior Championships in Suva, Fiji. The iLifClean Booth was set up near the field of play...
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.
